Re: Xenon headlamps

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

At 12:10 AM 1/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On the subject of lighting improvements, I recently read in _Racecar
>Engineering_ about the advantages and problems of using Xenon gas
>as a headlamp medium: more natural light with power requirements
>well below [other?] halogens [isn't Xenon a halogen?]

No.  Xenon is NOT a halogen.  

The halogens are group seven representative elements which include Fluorine,
Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine (some might include Astatine, but chemically,
both atoms of it in existence don't fit with the rest of the family).  

Xenon is a member of the group eight representative elements commonly
refered to as the noble gases and (back when - when I was a student)
sometimes referred to as the inert gases.  This family includes Helium,
Neon, Xenon, Krypton and Radon.

However, please keep us informed of the results of your experiment with your
brand new $17 each lights.  :-)

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   Bob
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