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UV effects
Most natural UV light comes from the sun. Only 10 % of sunlight is UV, and only one-third of it gets through the atmosphere.
Of the solar UV energy that reaches the equator, 95% is UVA, and 5% is UVB. No measurable UVC from the sun gets to the Earth's surface, because ozone, molecular oxygen, and water vapour in the upper atmosphere absorb the shortest UV wavelengths.
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Ionization
UV radiation has enough energy to break chemical bonds. UV photons can cause ionization, meaning chemical bonds will break that otherwise would not.
It can be useful, for instance, in disinfecting a surface, but it can also damage materials and living tissues, part...
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UV astronomy
There are also other celestial sources of UV radiation.
Very large young stars shine most of their light in ultraviolet wavelengths. But the Earth's atmosphere blocks much of the UV radiation, and observations are conducted using high-altitude balloons and special orbiting...
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Fluorescence
Substances like minerals, plants, fungi, microbes, and organic and inorganic chemicals, can absorb UV radiation, causing electrons to jump to a higher energy level. When the electrons return to a lower energy level, they emit a portion of the absorbed energy as visible light.
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UV light as a cancer treatment
Some skin conditions can be treated using UV light.
PUVA (psoralen ultraviolet light treatment) is used to treat lymphoma, eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo. Patients take a drug or apply a lotion to make their skin sensitive to light. Then a UV light is shone on the skin, s...
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Ultraviolet light is a type of electromagnetic radiation
UV light comes from the sun and is transmitted in waves or particles at different wavelengths an frequencies.
It makes black-light posters glow, and is responsible for summer tans. But too much exposure to UV radiation damage living tissue.
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UV radiation and sunburn
A suntan is a reaction to exposure to UVB rays. When the body senses sun damage, it sends melanin, a pigment in the body, to absorb UV light and protect the body from more damage, resulting in a darkened skin.
Continued exposure to UV radiation can damage ...
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UV is generally divided into three sub-bands
- UVA, or near UV (315-400 nanometers)
- UVB, or middle UV (280-315 nanometers)
- UVC, or far UV (180-280 nanometers)
Radiations with wavelengths from 10nm to 180nm are sometimes referred to as vacuum or extreme UV...
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The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum
EM is the broad range of wavelengths. It is divided into seven regions and ordered in decreasing wavelength and increasing energy and frequency, namely radio waves, microwaves, infrared (IR), visible light, ultraviolet (UV), X-rays and gamma-rays.
Ultraviolet light...
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Mercury
The smallest planet in our solar system and nearerst to the Sun,
Mecury is only slightly larger than the Earth's Moon. From the surface of Mercury, the sun would appear more than three times as large as it does when viewed from Earth, and the sunlight would be as much as seven times bright...
TWILIGHT: Half-light
- from Old English twi- ‘two’ (used in an obscure sense) + light (English) = twilight (late middle English)
-OxfordLanguages
- literally 'second light, half-light'
--wiktionary
Twilight occurs when Earth's upper atmosphere scat...
A Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The moon's shadow falls on the Earth's surface and blocks out the sun's light as we see it from the Earth.
The moon crosses the Earth's orbital plane only twice a year because the moon ...
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