GE Indoor Furnishings 10186 User Manual

Lamp Material Information Sheet  
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)  
Information and Applicability  
The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) requirements of the Occupational Safety and  
Health Administration (OSHA) for chemicals are not applicable to manufactured articles  
such as lamps. No material contained in a lamp is released during normal use and  
operation.  
The following information is provided as a service to our customers. The following Lamp  
Material Information Sheet contains applicable Material Safety Data Sheet information.  
I. Product Identification  
GE Fluorescent Lamps  
GE Consumer & Industrial  
Lighting  
1975 Noble Road  
Nela Park  
Cleveland, OH 44112  
(216) 266-2222  
II. Lamp Materials and Hazardous Ingredients  
Glass & Metal  
The glass tube used in a standard fluorescent lamp is manufactured from soda-lime glass and is  
essentially similar but not identical to that used throughout the glass industry for bottles and other  
common consumer items. The end-caps on the lamp are generally aluminum while the wires in the  
lamps (called filaments or cathodes) are made of tungsten. None of these materials would present a  
potential hazard in the event of breakage of the lamp, aside from the obvious ones due to broken  
glass. Some fluorescent lamps (CovRguardproducts) use an external coating of polycarbonate to  
provide a shatter-resistant coating.  
Phosphor  
The fluorescent product line uses two different phosphor systems. One phosphor system  
(halophosphate) uses calcium chloro-fluoro-phosphate, with small amounts (less than 1-2% by weight  
the phosphor) of antimony and manganese, both of which are tightly bound in the phosphor matrix.  
The second phosphor system (SP/SPX) uses a mixture of rare earth elements such as lanthanum, and  
yttrium as either an oxide or as a phosphate, along with a barium/aluminum oxide. These phosphors  
produce better lamp efficiency and color rendition. The phosphor components may vary slightly  
depending on the color of the lamp (cool white, warm white, etc.). Also, in some lamps designed for  
reduced power consumption, a thin coating of tin oxide is placed on the inside of the glass prior to  
coating the glass with the phosphor.  
August 2004  
Fluorescent Lamps-MSD  
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