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MIDDLE UV [1 record]

Record 1 2006-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

A middle ultraviolet is a different part of the ultraviolet spectrum. [Source: Kinsell L. COULSON. "Solar and terrestrial radiation", Academic Press, New York, 1975, p. 143].

CONT

Photon counters, the receiving surface of which is one of a number of metallic elements, are sensitive in the middle UV, and they also have the feature of being solar blind. [Source: Idem as for the first EX].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
CONT

L'oxygène et l'ozone absorbent l'ultraviolet moyen [...]. [Source : André LAUGIER. «Les photopiles solaires», Paris, Technique et documentation, 1981, p. 12].

OBS

ultraviolet : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

[La longueur d'onde de l'énergie] est comprise entre 0,18 micromètre et 0,29 micromètre.

Spanish

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