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Why is LED technology classified as solid state lighting?

 

The term solid state lighting is used because the electronics produce light directly from solid materials in which the electrons are embedded. This is unlike other technologies; for example fluorescent technology that requires a gaseous discharge medium to initiate production of light.

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