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Re: UV Light
Posted By: Romarrk In Response To: UV Light (Bill's neon)
Date: Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 3:06 p.m.
> Hello,
> What do you guys suggest for a phosphor
> color checker UV Light.You need something with small germicidal lamp inside.
> Do any of the
> flashlight or cheeper style ones, like ones
> on Amazon, work?Most likely not. Usually, they are blacklight versions, with harmless UV-a at 360nm. Not all neon phosphors react to this wavelength. Proper UV tube for you is clear, made with quartz or otherwise special glass to pass mercury 254nm hard UV-c. Be careful, though. Do not stare into it! It really causes all that nasty stuff including skin cancer...
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