Halogen bulbs are incandescent light bulbs -- lighting is generated in either if a tungsten filament is heated adequately to emit light or"incandescence." The gap between both is at the makeup of the glass and the gas within the envelope. A normal
incandescent bulb includes a heating glass envelope which comprises an inert gas mix, generally nitrogen-argon. After the tungsten filament is heated it melts and residue metal on the pine glass envelope (that is the reason why incandescent bulbs look black in the end of life). This procedure demands incandescent bulb filaments to be warmed less than optimally to provide the bulb a sensible life. The decrease filament temperature provides incandescent bulbs their normal orange-yellow, warm seeming mild.