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Light intensity of glow-in-dark plastics

04/20/2005 8:15 AM

Ramachandra.N writes:
We use some plastic parts with self-glowing pigments. They absorb light during day time and glow in the dark. For quality control purposes we want to measure their brightness in the dark. Are there any standards for this purpose? How can we simulate this in the lab? Can ordinary lux meters be used for this purpose? The brightness decreases almost exponentially with time. How do we measure this drift? Request suggestions for a simple gadget.

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Best guess.

04/20/2005 10:24 AM

Most glow-in-the dark (Photoluminescent) materials brightness is measured in Millicandelas/meter squared. (mcd/m^2). The typical luminosity (brightness/time) of the materials is generally included in the spec from your supplier. The standard for measuring luminance is DIN 67510 -1.
Without the standard in front of me I believe you expose the material for 5 minutes to a 1000 lux XE lamp and measure the decay over time. I'm not sure what type of meter you would use; it should be called out in the DIN standard. (It will probably be one like this

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