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Fluorescent material as a radiation source in an apparatus for artificial weathering

US12265016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ATLAS Material Testing Technology GmbH · US

Inventors

Jörn Jahnke · Geislitz, DE
Bernd Rudolph · Forstern, DE
Tom Marchese · Pacific Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2021
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N1/44
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for artificial weathering or lightfastness testing of samples or for simulating solar radiation, the apparatus comprising a weathering chamber, a UV light source provided in the weathering chamber, and a fluorescent material arranged to be radiated by a UV radiation emitted by the UV light source, the fluorescent material being configured to emit a fluorescent radiation comprising spectral emission characteristics similar to natural solar radiation.

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