title: Photoaging effects on spectral transmittance of plastic filters.
abstract: We examined the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in combination with high levels of infrared (IR) radiation on the spectral transmittance of plastic filters. The biological action spectrum for damage to the human eye and skin changes dramatically in the 300-400 nm wavelength range. Cut-off filters used in this region to shape the spectrum of exposure sources are thus critical to the design of experiments which use broadband light sources. The changes in transmittance of three types of plastic filters were observed over an exposure period of 1000 h. One set of three filters was exposed mainly to UV radiation, while the other set was exposed to UV radiation plus IR radiation. Filters exposed to both UV and IR radiation showed spectral changes in their transmittance, while the filters exposed to UV only showed no measurable changes.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD 20857.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D005123:Eye / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D010969:Plastics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics