Reserve Lamp - 100h use
Spectrum 496: ARC-R1 Edit
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Brand |
Arcadia UK company https://www.arcadiareptile.com/ |
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Lamp Product |
Arcadia D3+ 10% Compact Reptile Lamp Research project c/o Oonincx et al 2012 |
Lamp ID |
ARC-R1 (04/2014) Reserve Lamp |
Spectrometer | USB2000+ (2) |
Ballast | - no ballast or default/unknown ballast - |
Reflector | |
Distance | 10 cm |
Age | 100 hours |
Originator (measurement) | Frances Baines |
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.
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, 338 – 451, 511 – 513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.
Human (CIE) | 3 cone reptile | 4 cone reptile | |
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Cone Excitation | |||
Colour Coordinate | ( 0.3 ; 0.3 ) | ( 0.26 ; 0.5 ) | ( 0.25 ; 0.2 ; 0.38 ) |
CCT | 7300 Kelvin | 8600 Kelvin | 6800 Kelvin |
distance | 0.16 | 0.13 | |
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.
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
total ( 0 nm - 0 nm) 2090 µW/cm² = 20.9 W/m² UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m² non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 0.00556 µW/cm² = 5.56E-5 W/m² total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 2090 µW/cm² = 20.9 W/m² UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 115 µW/cm² = 1.15 W/m² UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 189 µW/cm² = 1.89 W/m² UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 873 µW/cm² = 8.73 W/m² Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 115 µW/cm² = 1.15 W/m² UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 335 µW/cm² = 3.35 W/m² UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 758 µW/cm² = 7.58 W/m² UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 356 µW/cm² = 3.56 W/m² UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 684 µW/cm² = 6.84 W/m² UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 423 µW/cm² = 4.23 W/m² UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 335 µW/cm² = 3.35 W/m² vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 172 µW/cm² = 1.72 W/m² VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 1160 µW/cm² = 11.6 W/m² VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 1370 µW/cm² = 13.7 W/m² purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 129 µW/cm² = 1.29 W/m² VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 1220 µW/cm² = 12.2 W/m² VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 1190 µW/cm² = 11.9 W/m² PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 1200 µW/cm² = 12 W/m² tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 1210 µW/cm² = 12.1 W/m² blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 404 µW/cm² = 4.04 W/m² green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 358 µW/cm² = 3.58 W/m² yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 59.2 µW/cm² = 0.592 W/m² orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 231 µW/cm² = 2.31 W/m² red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 35.9 µW/cm² = 0.359 W/m² IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 15.1 µW/cm² = 0.151 W/m² IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 0.565 µW/cm² = 0.00565 W/m² IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Erythema 5.78 UV-Index Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 69.5 µW/cm² Photoceratitis 9.21 µW/cm² Photoconjunctivitis 0.129 µW/cm² DNA Damage 0.438 Vitamin D3 25.8 µW/cm² Photosynthesis 826 µW/cm² Luminosity 3540 lx Human L-Cone 526 µW/cm² Human M-Cone 447 µW/cm² Human S-Cone 353 µW/cm² CIE X 496 µW/cm² CIE Y 493 µW/cm² CIE Z 640 µW/cm² PAR 5920000 mol photons Extinction preD3 196 e-3*m²/mol Extinction Tachysterol 699 e-3*m²/mol Exctincition PreD3 93000 m²/mol Extinction Lumisterol 20.2 m²/mol Exctincition Tachysterol 1020000 m²/mol Extinction 7DHC 15.3 m²/mol L-Cone 434 µW/cm² M-Cone 345 µW/cm² S-Cone 664 µW/cm² U-Cone 325 µW/cm² UVR - ICNIRP 2004 4.02 Rel Biol Eff Melatonin Supression 442 µW/cm² Blue Light Hazard 403 µW/cm² (114 µW/cm² per 1000 lx) CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 28.4 µW/cm² Lumen Reptil 3940 "pseudo-lx" Vitamin D3 Degradation 36.2 µW/cm² Actinic UV 4 µW/cm² (11.3 mW/klm) Exctincition Lumisterol 32500 m²/mol Exctincition 7DHC 21200 m²/mol Exctincition Toxisterols 17400 m²/mol
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 231 µW/cm² Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 7.48 Leybold UVB 164 µW/cm² Leybold UVA 487 µW/cm² Leybold UVC 0.00516 µW/cm² DeltaOhm UVB 419 µW/cm² DeltaOhm UVC 48.9 µW/cm² Vernier UVB 52.5 µW/cm² Vernier UVA 568 µW/cm² Gröbel UVA 640 µW/cm² Gröbel UVB 78.6 µW/cm² Gröbel UVC -0.0574 µW/cm² Luxmeter 3650 lx Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 23.4 IU/min UVX-31 454 µW/cm² IL UVB 0.0976 µW/cm² IL UVA 538 µW/cm² Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 6.43 UV-Index Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 159 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 24.7) Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 95.6 UV Index GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 5.51 UV-Index Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 15.1 W/m² Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 6.83 mW/cm² LS122 (manuf.) 0 W/m² ISM400 (first guess) 7.6 W/m² LS122 (assumption) 0.36 W/m² ISM400_new 5.76 W/m² Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 12.4 W/m²