Influence of Various Potentials at Constant Pulse Height and Different Visible Lamps in W at Constant Potential on the Light Effect in Argon

Abstract

Measurements by mirror galvanometer of discharge current in dark and under irradiation in argon at 10 mm pressure excited by low frequency (50 C/s) discharge in all glass ozonizers show a light effect (the photo variation, enhancement-delta Ig and diminution + delta Ig) whose value depends upon various factors, such as the intense ionising zone of an experimental tube, intensity and frequency of irradiation, time of exposure to the discharge, circuit element and pulse amplitude, etc. Theoretical explanation for the observed effects has been attempted on the basis of (i)Einstein's photo-electric equation and (ii)delta Ig=IgD-IgL=C (v-vm) as the change of current in dark and under irradiation; the proportionality constant and the change of frequency of light respectively.