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Does UVC have harm to human body and how to protect it?

Last updated: February 11, 2020 21:48:37

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This is a classic problem, UVC deep UV is not harmful to human skin, but it is harmful to human eyes. About 97% of UV light at 275 nm wavelength of typical uvc-led will be absorbed by cuticle of human skin, more than 99.9% of UV light will be absorbed by cuticle and epidermis, and a small part of light will hit dermis. Ultraviolet rays only act on the dermis can cause skin cell canceration. Therefore, it is generally believed that UVC ultraviolet has little effect on human skin. Of course, baby skin, including some human skin cuticle is thinner, UVC ultraviolet resistance is also worse. The human eye has no cuticle protection. UVC ultraviolet radiation will cause lens and corneal lesions. Therefore, it is forbidden to look directly at the lighted uvc-led beads.

The shorter the wavelength of light, the worse the penetrability, which is determined by the wave particle duality of light. Of course, when it comes to matter, it's also about absorption. Does UVC deep ultraviolet have harm to human body? One of the easiest answers is, yes, don't be exposed to UVC. But in fact, there is a big misunderstanding, that is, UVA, such as 365, 385, 395, is very harmful to human skin, because this wavelength of ultraviolet can penetrate into the human dermis, causing skin cell cancer.

But UVC ultraviolet rays, such as 275nm, travel much shallower in the adult epidermis. After penetrating the stratum corneum, more than 97% of the energy will be absorbed, and finally the energy penetrating into the dermis is is not even 0.1%. Therefore, to be precise, UVC deep UV is not harmful to human skin, and eyes without stratum corneum are more dangerous. Of course, no matter how weak the long-term exposure to light on the human body is also harmful.

Therefore, do not blindly fear UVC deep ultraviolet, because the skin damage can be ignored in a short time; do not try to risk yourself, staring at the LED will definitely lead to eye injury.