GE 10186 User's Manual

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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 (CovRguard™ products) 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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