12-08-2024, 05:28 PM
(12-08-2024, 02:34 PM)ppppenguin Wrote: i hadn't realised that filament lamps emitted any UV at all.
I hadn't either! Though the hotter the surface, the more radiation is emitted, and the higher the generally broad-band the frequencies are.
What's surprising is that the UV content is enough to be significant.
Gas discharges are, of course, a different mechanism.
