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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Materials and Nanochemistry forum => Topic started by: shvcko99 on July 08, 2022, 03:23:32 AM

Title: Does common windows block uv light
Post by: shvcko99 on July 08, 2022, 03:23:32 AM

Does most glass (transparent one) normally used to make windows already block uv light partly or totally or do we have to ask for specific glass?

Title: Re: Does common windows block uv light
Post by: Borek on July 08, 2022, 04:01:25 AM

Try googling for "uv blocking properties of common glass".

Title: Re: Does common windows block uv light
Post by: Enthalpy on August 18, 2022, 09:45:17 AM

It depends on the undesired UV wavelength.

For instance, ordinary car glass lets the longest-wavelength UV pass, but blocks enough of the spectrum to avoid Sun burns. I tried in Guyana, so that's safe science.