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Hello everyone,
I senior working on my undergraduate in ME. I am building a advanced weathering machine for my senior project. I am currently having two problems related to optics
1) For the device I am testing I need to bath it in UVA-340. The lighting on the object must be uniform (i.e. no bright spots). I am having a hard time finding information on how to achieve this. I can't for the life me, find the correct permutation of words to type into google to find information on how to do this. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be very useful.
2) Also, if possible does anybody know of any technical glass or plastic which transmissive UVA-340 radiation well. I known that normal glass does not transmit much UVA. Obviously quarts would work but it is way to expensive. I was thinking about using the plastic which tanning beds are made out of but I do not know what that material is. I found a few web sites which refer to it as an acrylic but does not give me much to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ps. not sure where this question should go so i filed it under general, please move if necessary
I senior working on my undergraduate in ME. I am building a advanced weathering machine for my senior project. I am currently having two problems related to optics
1) For the device I am testing I need to bath it in UVA-340. The lighting on the object must be uniform (i.e. no bright spots). I am having a hard time finding information on how to achieve this. I can't for the life me, find the correct permutation of words to type into google to find information on how to do this. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be very useful.
2) Also, if possible does anybody know of any technical glass or plastic which transmissive UVA-340 radiation well. I known that normal glass does not transmit much UVA. Obviously quarts would work but it is way to expensive. I was thinking about using the plastic which tanning beds are made out of but I do not know what that material is. I found a few web sites which refer to it as an acrylic but does not give me much to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ps. not sure where this question should go so i filed it under general, please move if necessary