3. You can't see or feel UV, but your skin will fry if exposed too long, and paper, artwork, fabrics, and other materials will degenerate from exposure. 4. IR is heat, and we can capture heat images in a CCD or IR film - way cool to see. 5. IR can penetrate opaque material. UV cannot. 6. Visible light transmission through clear Plexiglas is 92%.
The type of ultraviolet rays obstructed is known as UVB and UVC. However, only UVA passes through the window. Among the three classes of rays, UVA and UVB are linked to tanning and sunburns, and A is believed to repress the immune system. The two are also connected to tanning beds. There is danger associated with the overuse of this type of bed.
In general, the best window film for plants offers 25% light transmittance or higher. Highly reflective or high opacity films may block more than that and should not be used for windows you plan on keeping potted plants near. However, most window films fall above 25% transmittance and let in plenty of natural sunlight.
The primary source for potentially damaging UV radiation is the sun. Obviously, buried plastic water and/or sewer pipelines are well shielded from sunlight. However, all plastic pipe is subject to some outdoor exposure prior to being installed in the ground This exposure may take place at a storage facility and/or on the job site.
Location (City and/or State) Low desert 50 mi SE of Palm Springs CA. As Hamilton said, UVB does not pass through glass or plexiglass. Your UVB lights are not the best. The screw-in bulbs are unreliablesome put out no UVB straight out of the box. Other members have measured this using a Solarmeter. The best UVB lights are fluorescent tube types.
UVa has a wavelength between 400 nm to 320 nm, UVb has 320 nm to 290 nm, and UVc has 290 nm to 100 nm. In the study, they used 405 nm or UVa for testing antibacterial abilities. Ultraviolet glass bottles allow 25% - 45% of UVa light to pass through, which explains how it can prevent contamination and bacterial growth.Placing shades or blinds over your windows can help block harmful UV-A rays, but they also block visible light. Shades and blinds are helpful but they aren’t ideal. Too much exposure to UV rays can be damaging but we do need sunlight exposure. The vitamin D we get from the sun makes us feel good and keeps us healthy. Even on cloudy days, the sun still emits UV light, which penetrates clouds and can result in sunburn. Over 90% of UV rays can pass through a light cloud cover and cause sunburn.. UV levels tend to On clear days the UVB rises to above 100 microwatts per square centimetre (µW/cm²) by 8.00am and reaches over 450µW/cm² by noon. Levels above 20µW/cm² are seen for 11 hours or more. The further north that recordings are made, the lower the maximum (noon) reading and of course, the shorter the day. kAJU.