ultraviolet radiation
Invisible sun rays
Ultraviolet radiation is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light but longer than X-rays.
The sun emits UV radiation, which causes sunburn, skin damage, and fading of materials.
Artificial UV sources include tanning beds and germicidal lamps.
Often shortened to UV: UV rays, UV protection, UV index.
- germicidalAble to kill microbes
- energyPower to do work
- fluorescenceLight emitted after absorption
- photobiologyScience of light-organism interactions
- UV indexSolar intensity measurement
DNA damage · skin cancer · melanin · black light · photochemistry · heliotherapy · solar · erythema · sun damage · wavelength · electromagnetic spectrum · sunscreen · sunburn · circadian rhythm · ozone depletion · rays · photons · spectroscopy
- radiation
- planetary atmospheresatmospheric layers, clouds, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon
- life originsabiogenesis, biogenesis, primordial soup, panspermia, origin of life
- upper atmospheremesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, exosphere, stratosphere
ultraviolet radiationinfrared radiation
Electromagnetic waves below visible red
infrared light · infrared · thermal radiation · radio waves · microwaves
radiant, radiate, radiance, violet, radiation, radial, radioactive, radiating, radiated