Materials used in the construction of Incandescent and Fluorescent Bulbs
Incandescent:
Aluminum - (Heat Deflector, Base)
Brass - (Base)
Coal - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Copper - (Lead-in-wires, Stem press, fuse as an alloy, Base)
Lime - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Manganese - (Fuse)
Molybdenum - (Tie Wires, Support Wires)
Nickel - (Lead-in-wires, fuse)
Nickel-iron - (Stem Press)
Salt - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Silica - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Silicon - (Fuse)
Trona - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Tungsten - (Filament)
Zinc - (base)
Fluorescent:
Barite - (for phosphor)
Bauxite - (aluminum for endcaps and filaments
Copper - (end caps; filaments)
Lead - (soda-lime glass; ballast; adapter unit)
Limestone or Dolomite - (finely crushed stone to make soda-lime glass)
Mercury - (vapor in glass tubing)
Nickel - (end caps; filaments)
Phosphate Rock - (phosphor)
Rare Earth Oxides - (Lanthanum or Yttrium for phosphor)
Silica - (glass)
Soda Ash - (soda-lime glass)
Manganese - (end caps; filaments; glass coatings)
Tin - (end caps; filaments; glass coating)
Tungsten - (electrodes; filaments)
Zinc - (end caps: filaments)
Aluminum - (Heat Deflector, Base)
Brass - (Base)
Coal - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Copper - (Lead-in-wires, Stem press, fuse as an alloy, Base)
Lime - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Manganese - (Fuse)
Molybdenum - (Tie Wires, Support Wires)
Nickel - (Lead-in-wires, fuse)
Nickel-iron - (Stem Press)
Salt - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Silica - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Silicon - (Fuse)
Trona - (Bulb, Button and Button Rod)
Tungsten - (Filament)
Zinc - (base)
Fluorescent:
Barite - (for phosphor)
Bauxite - (aluminum for endcaps and filaments
Copper - (end caps; filaments)
Lead - (soda-lime glass; ballast; adapter unit)
Limestone or Dolomite - (finely crushed stone to make soda-lime glass)
Mercury - (vapor in glass tubing)
Nickel - (end caps; filaments)
Phosphate Rock - (phosphor)
Rare Earth Oxides - (Lanthanum or Yttrium for phosphor)
Silica - (glass)
Soda Ash - (soda-lime glass)
Manganese - (end caps; filaments; glass coatings)
Tin - (end caps; filaments; glass coating)
Tungsten - (electrodes; filaments)
Zinc - (end caps: filaments)