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Blacklight Lamp

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Ultraviolet radiator; Wood’s lamps.

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Radiators that emit UV-A radiation together with very little visible radiation.

Ultraviolet Radiators and Blacklight Lamps

Many different ultraviolet radiators, based on both gas discharge lamp and light-emitting diode technologies, are produced for industrial applications such as photochemical processes, drying and hardening of materials, lithography, and reprography; for disinfection purposes and insect repellents; and for phototherapy and sun tanning. These radiators are available in types that radiate in the UV-A (wavelength range, 315–400 nm), UV-B (280–315 nm), and UV-C (100–280 nm) part of the spectrum. In the applications listed above, visual effects play no role. Another type of ultraviolet radiators is produced to make fluorescent substances in materials visible to the eye. These radiators produce for this purpose UV-A radiation combined with a very small part of visible radiation, which are mainly dealt with here. They...

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  1. Dieke, G.H.: Robert Williams Wood. Biographical Memoir, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC (1993)

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  1. van Bommel Lighting Consultant, Nuenen, Netherlands

    Wout van Bommel

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  1. Color Science & Imaging Lab, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Renzo Shamey

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    Wout van Bommel

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van Bommel, W. (2021). Blacklight Lamp. In: Shamey, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_147-3

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    Blacklight Lamp
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    13 June 2021

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_147-3

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    Ultraviolet Radiator
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    10 August 2015

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_147-2

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