UV-A
Ultraviolet (UV)
radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength shorter than that
of visible light, but longer than that of soft X-rays. The name means "beyond
violet" (from Latin ultra, "beyond"), violet being the color
of the shortest wavelength of visible light. It is colloquially called
black light, as it is invisible to the human eye. UV itself can be subdivided
into near UV (380-200 nm wavelength) and extreme or vacuum UV (200-10 nm).
When considering the effects of UV radiation on human health, the range
of UV wavelengths is often subdivided into UV-A (380-315 nm), UV-B (315-280
nm), and UV-C (280-10 nm). Ordinary glass is transparent to UV-A but is
opaque to shorter wavelengths. Quartz glass, depending on quality, can
be transparent even to vacuum UV wavelengths. The sun emits ultraviolet
light in both the UV-A and UV-B bands, but because of absorption in the
atmosphere's ozone layer, 99% of the ultraviolet light that reaches the
Earth's surface is UV-A.
(Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)
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