Abstract: The high-pressure discharge lamp (1) comprises a lamp vessel (2) having a wall (3) which is exposed to a wall load of at least 30 W/cm2 during operation of the lamp, and a discharge space (4) in which a electrodes (5a, 5b) are disposed. The discharge space (4) has a filling that comprises mercury, argon, and halides (not fluoride) of tin and indium, to which filling an alkali halide is added, the alkali being potassium, rubidium, or cesium, and the halide being chlorine, bromine, or iodine. The high-pressure discharge lamp (1) according to the invention has an improved resistance to corrosion and to crystallization of the quartz glass wall (3) because of shielding or spacer means (8) by which a direct contact between electrode rods (30) and the wall (3) of the lamp vessel (2) is counteracted.

Abstract: The high-pressure discharge lamp (1) comprises a lamp vessel (2) having a wall (3) which is exposed to a wall load of at least 30 W/cm2 during operation of the lamp, and a discharge space (4) in which a electrodes (5a, 5b) are disposed. The discharge space (4) has a filling that comprises mercury, argon, and halides (not fluoride) of tin and indium, to which filling an alkali halide is added, the alkali being potassium, rubidium, or cesium, and the halide being chlorine, bromine, or iodine. The high-pressure discharge lamp (1) according to the invention has an improved resistance to corrosion and to crystallization of the quartz glass wall (3) because of shielding or spacer means (8) by which a direct contact between electrode rods (30) and the wall (3) of the lamp vessel (2) is counteracted.