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Fuxin Halogen UVA+B 3.0

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Brand Chinese manufacturer
Lamp Product Fuxin Halogen UVA + UVB 3.0
Unshielded halogen lamp
Lamp ID BRS2 (05/2016)
Fuxin UVA+B 100W Halogen
Spectrometer USB2000+ (2)
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 30 cm
Age 1 hours
Originator (measurement) Frances Baines
Database entry created: Frances Baines 6/Jun/2016 ; updated: Frances Baines 6/Jun/2016

Colorimetry

Colorimetry is the science to describe physically the human color perception. The wavelength range 380 nm - 780 nm is visible to humans and detected by three different photoreceptors. Many Reptiles see the range 350 nm - 800 nm and have an additional UV photoreceptor in their retina.

Spectrum in the visible wavelength range

Whereas a spectrometer measures the intensity in every tiny wavelength interval resulting in thousands of individual intensities, the human eye only measures three intensities detected by the three cones. The same is true for the reptile eye with usually three or four photoreceptors. Effectively the detailled spectrum displayed above reduces to a much compacter bar graph displayed below. The photoreceptor sensitivites from these L-Cone, M-Cone, S-Cone, and U-Cone are used, they are chosen as an average of measured reptile photoreceptor sensitivity curves. The bar graph also shows as reference the intensity seen by the three or four photoreceptors for average sunlight (id 1).

From these three numbers the colour coordinate and the correlated colour temperature for humans are calculated using the CIE standard method. I adapted this concept to a "3 cone reptile (M,S,U)" and a "4 cone reptile (L,M,S,U)". I am sure, that this adaption to other colour spaces makes sense mathematically and this is also done in scientific research regarding colour vision of animals, however I have not seen calculation of colour temperatures for other animals in the scientific literature. Even if it is hypothetical, at least this shows, how arbitrary the colour temperature is, and that the colour temperature calculated for humans does not apply to reptiles. The colour spaces also show the colour coordinates of different phases of daylight ((ids 1, 338451, 511513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.

Human (CIE) 3 cone reptile 4 cone reptile
Cone Excitation
Colour Coordinate ( 0.44 ; 0.4 ) ( 0.6 ; 0.3 ) ( 0.52 ; 0.29 ; 0.14 )
CCT 2900 Kelvin 2800 Kelvin 2900 Kelvin
distance 0.011 0.0068
colour space 3-D-graph not implemented yet

Vitamin D3 Analysis

Vitamin D3 is produced by UVB radiation around 300 nm. 7DHC/ProD3 present in the skin is converted to PreD3 when absorbing an UV photon. PreD3 can be converted back to ProD3, to Lumisterol, or to Tachysterol when absorbing another UV photon or can be converted to Vitamin D3 in a warm environment.

This process prevents any overdose of vitamin D3 from UV radiation with a spectrum similar to sunlight. As a comparison the solar spectra at 20°(id:14) and at 85°(id:21) solar angle are shown.

Spectrum in the vitamin D3 active wavelength range

The ratio of the two solarmeters 6.2 (UVB) and 6.5 (UV index) readings has proven a useful and very simply number to acess the spectral shape in the vitamin-d3-active region.

Effective Irradiances

Effective irradiances are calculated for all ranges, actionspectra and radiometers currently present in this database.

The calculation method is a numerical implementation (Simpson's rule) of the formula

To learn more about calculating effective irradiances and radiometers I recommend this excellent report on UVB meters: Characterizing the Performance of Integral Measuring UV-Meters (pdf).

The numbers in the following tables can also be used to estimate certain (effective) irradiances from radiomer readings. Example: If the database lists

  • range: UVB (US) = 13.8 µW/cm²
  • radiometer: Solarmeter 6.2 = 19.6 µW/cm²
then any Solarmeter 6.2 reading multiplied with 0.7 (0.7=13.8/19.6) is an estimate of UVB irradiance for this specific lamp. If you do so, always make sure, that the calculated (effective) irradiance is valid. The calculated value is not valid, if the lamp's spectrum is not measured in the relevant range.

Ranges
total ( 0 nm - 0 nm) 19800 µW/cm² = 198 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0.562 µW/cm² = 0.00562 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 1.48 µW/cm² = 0.0148 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 19800 µW/cm² = 198 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 6.77 µW/cm² = 0.0677 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 8.68 µW/cm² = 0.0868 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 90.3 µW/cm² = 0.903 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 5.85 µW/cm² = 0.0585 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 10.4 µW/cm² = 0.104 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 83.5 µW/cm² = 0.835 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 12.5 µW/cm² = 0.125 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 81.6 µW/cm² = 0.816 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 73.1 µW/cm² = 0.731 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 145 µW/cm² = 1.45 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 59.2 µW/cm² = 0.592 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 4830 µW/cm² = 48.3 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 11000 µW/cm² = 110 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 201 µW/cm² = 2.01 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 17800 µW/cm² = 178 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 9330 µW/cm² = 93.3 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 10800 µW/cm² = 108 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 19600 µW/cm² = 196 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 990 µW/cm² = 9.9 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 2520 µW/cm² = 25.2 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 404 µW/cm² = 4.04 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 3330 µW/cm² = 33.3 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 10400 µW/cm² = 104 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 8810 µW/cm² = 88.1 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 7220 µW/cm² = 72.2 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 1.52 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 3.9 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 2.23 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 0.592 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 1.05
Vitamin D3 3.87 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 7810 µW/cm²
Luminosity 28000 lx
Human L-Cone 4410 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 3060 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 768 µW/cm²
CIE X 4280 µW/cm²
CIE Y 3900 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1490 µW/cm²
PAR 54700000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 22.4 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 79.1 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 15200 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 15.9 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 107000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 20.5 m²/mol
L-Cone 4140 µW/cm²
M-Cone 2290 µW/cm²
S-Cone 1130 µW/cm²
U-Cone 373 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 2.26 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 1350 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 868 µW/cm² (30.9 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 4.05 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 21100 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 2.87 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 2.24 µW/cm² (0.8 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 18600 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 23300 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 1650 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 12.5 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 1.32
Leybold UVB 7.19 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 64.6 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 0.22 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 15.7 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 2.52 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 4.05 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 39.1 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 67.7 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 5.84 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 0.36 µW/cm²
Luxmeter 26700 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 4.12 IU/min
UVX-31 19.3 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.00581 µW/cm²
IL UVA 76.9 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 0.82 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 6.49 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 7.91)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 6.23 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 0.361 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 271 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 1.54 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.) 0 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess) 275 W/m²
LS122 (assumption) 12.2 W/m²
ISM400_new 266 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 277 W/m²