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What is the difference between halogen and incandescent light bulbs?
- While standard incandescent bulbs use iodine or bromine and fluorescent light bulbs use mercury vapor, halogen bulbs use halogen gas that reacts differently with the filament, giving it a more usage hours with a higher color temperature.
Though relatively similar, halogen and incandescent bulbs’ main difference is that while incandescent bulbs are filled with argon, halogen bulbs are filled with halogen gas.
- Halogen bulb’s glass casing quickly weakens when it comes into contact with sweat and body oils—consequently restricting handling to when you have your hands suitably covered.
- Halogen bulbs are usually considerably more expensive than incandescent bulbs.
- Halogen bulbs at times explode propelling hot shards of glass outwards.
