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Lamp Product Tungsten Halogen 8
MacKinlay, A. F., Whillock, J., & Meulemans, C. C. E. (1989). Ultraviolet radiation and blue-light emissions from spotlights incorporating tungsten halogen lamps. National Radiological Protection Board. Lamp 8
Lamp ID McKinlay8 (11/2013)
Spectrometer -
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 30 cm
Age 20 hours
Originator (measurement) Publication
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 2/Nov/2013 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 2/Nov/2013

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 ( 0.45 ; 0.41 ) ( 0.63 ; 0.28 ) ( 0.55 ; 0.29 ; 0.13 )
CCT 2800 Kelvin 2600 Kelvin 2800 Kelvin
distance 0.0041 0.01
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) 21400 µW/cm² = 214 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 5490 µW/cm² = 54.9 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 10.7 µW/cm² = 0.107 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 0.135 µW/cm² = 0.00135 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 10.7 µW/cm² = 0.107 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 0.527 µW/cm² = 0.00527 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 10.7 µW/cm² = 0.107 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 10.6 µW/cm² = 0.106 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 27.3 µW/cm² = 0.273 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 9.31 µW/cm² = 0.0931 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 1060 µW/cm² = 10.6 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 2350 µW/cm² = 23.5 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 39.1 µW/cm² = 0.391 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 3630 µW/cm² = 36.3 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 2020 µW/cm² = 20.2 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 2330 µW/cm² = 23.3 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 9710 µW/cm² = 97.1 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 191 µW/cm² = 1.91 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 581 µW/cm² = 5.81 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 85 µW/cm² = 0.85 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 723 µW/cm² = 7.23 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 2010 µW/cm² = 20.1 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 12600 µW/cm² = 126 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 7050 µW/cm² = 70.5 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 6390 µW/cm² = 63.9 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 0.00273 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 0.00284 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 0 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 0 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 6.27E-6
Vitamin D3 0 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 1640 µW/cm²
Luminosity 6230 lx
Human L-Cone 980 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 676 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 148 µW/cm²
CIE X 948 µW/cm²
CIE Y 866 µW/cm²
CIE Z 288 µW/cm²
PAR 11500000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 0 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 0.000281 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 20 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 0 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 331 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 0 m²/mol
L-Cone 922 µW/cm²
M-Cone 484 µW/cm²
S-Cone 213 µW/cm²
U-Cone 70.2 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 0.00183 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 270 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 168 µW/cm² (26.9 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 0 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 4560 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 0.000346 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 0.00183 µW/cm² (0.00294 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 0.0343 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 0 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 13.4 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 0.093 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 0.000903
Leybold UVB 0.00121 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 8.21 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 0 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 0.225 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 0 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 0 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 3.41 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 7.66 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 0.0136 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 0 µW/cm²
Luxmeter 5950 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 0.00282 IU/min
UVX-31 0.553 µW/cm²
IL UVB 5.34E-5 µW/cm²
IL UVA 9.97 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 0.000353 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 0.00325 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 9.22)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 0.00395 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 0.00418 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 146 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 0.243 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.) 199 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess) 175 W/m²
LS122 (assumption) 184 W/m²
ISM400_new 209 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 150 W/m²