What element is found within Fluorescent Lighting?
The other answer is incorrect. Neon and argon are rarely used in modern flourescent lighting. The only time neon is used is in Neon Signs, which stores and businesses use for their eye catching display and colors. From wikipedia: A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light. So it's going to be mercury.
neon for the most part but some times argon or the other noble gases.
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Elements In Fluorescent Lights
