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Chapter 1. Optoelectronics use IR-Visible-UV Ultraviolet (UV) light Highest frequency Smallest period Very energetic, so bumps electrons to higher orbit Infrared (IR) light Slightly vibrates atoms. UV - Negatives. UV can cause skin cancer and eye damage Fades paint on a car
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Chapter 1 • Optoelectronics use IR-Visible-UV • Ultraviolet (UV) light • Highest frequency • Smallest period • Very energetic, so bumps electrons to higher orbit • Infrared (IR) light • Slightly vibrates atoms
UV - Negatives • UV can cause skin cancer and eye damage • Fades paint on a car • Degrades rubber on tires • Tires have coating to absorb UV and dissipate it as heat instead of allowing it to combine with polymer’s molecules • Tires need to be used or dry rot occurs or cracking in tires
UV - Positives • UV kills germs • UV disinfects bacteria by altering DNA in germs • UV sterilizes city waste water • Helps to detect bogus Benjis ($100) • Helps to analyze stamps, rocks, & minerals
UV Classes • UV-V visible 395 to 445 nm • UV-A 320 to 395 nm • Least damaging, but passes through ozone • UV-B 280 to 320 nm • Very harmful, but absorbed in stratosphere • UV-C 200 to 280 nm • Most damaging, but oxygen in stratosphere absorbs most of it • Vacuum UV (VUV) 100 to 200 nm • Man made • More destructive than UV-C
Stratosphere • Ozone layer resides here • Troposphere • Region directly above earth • Sun light hits equator most, so also receives most UV • UV Experimental Index • Used by National Weather Service • Forecasts amount of UV reaching earth’s surface • Index is from 0 to 15 in summer • Also used by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Dobson Unit • Ozone layer • Thickest at the equator and thinnest at poles • Acts as natural shield of UV light • Antarctic ozone hole • Dobson Unit • Measure of ozone • 1 DU is ozone thickness of 0.01 mm at 0o C and 1 atm • Average thickness in U.S. is 300 DU • Uses spectrophotometer to measure.
Ozone (O3) • Colorless • Harsh acrid smell • 90% occurs in ozone layer • Chlorine and Bromine hasten ozone destruction • Single chlorine atom can destroy 100,000 ozone molecules before it leaves stratosphere • Halo carbons destroy ozone. • can remain in atmosphere for up to 120 years
Ozone Destroyers • 80% of ozone destruction occurs from CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons • Volcanoes also destroy ozone • Mount Pinatubo in Philippines erupted in 1991 and reduced ozone levels by 20%
UV intensity is reduced by the following • Clouds • Rain • Smog • UV affects many animals • Birds detect UV and select mate as to how UV reflects off them • Animals can see UV. Hunters who have washed cloths in laundry detergent are very visible to their prey! • Iguanas use UV to detect edible plants and see territories staked out by other iguanas
Flame Detectors http://www.reliablefire.com/firealarm/flame_detectors.htmlhttp://www.flame-detection.net UV detectors respond to hydrogen fires, but IR detectors don’t. Due to their fast detection capabilities, flame detectors are generally used only in high-hazard areas, such as fuel-loading platforms.
UV Flame Detectors • A UV flame radiates in the 1850 to 2450 angstrom range. (or 185 to 245 nm) • Virtually all fire emit radiation in this band, while the sun's radiation at this band is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere. (remember the ozone layer) • UV detector is solar blind, so won’t have false alarm due to sun. • Can be used indoors or outdoors. • UV detectors are sensitive to most fires, including hydrocarbon, metals, sulfur, hydrogen, hydrazine, and ammonia. • They detect flames at high speed (3-4 milliseconds) due to the UV high-energy radiation emitted by fires and explosions at the instant of their ignition.
IR Flame Detectors • An infrared (IR) detector basically is composed of a filter used to screen out unwanted wavelengths and focus only on IR. • Main problem is false alarm from radiation of the sun. If inside and shielded from the sun, then works well. Good for bank vaults. • IR detectors are sensitive to most hydrocarbon fires (liquid, gases and solids). • IR detectors respond in less than 50 msec. • IR detectors are less affected by smoke, oil, and certain gases and vapors than UV Detectors.
UV/IR Flame Detector • An ultraviolet/infrared flame detector consists of an UV and single-frequency IF sensor, paired together to form one unit. • A fire alarm is produced only when both sensors detect a fire. • Better false alarm rejection • UV and IR spectral band detectors compare the threshold signal in two spectral ranges and their ratio to each other to confirm the reliability of the fire signal.
IR3 Flame Detectors • IR3 or triple IR spectral band detectors compare three specific wavelength bands within the IR spectral region. • Mathematical techniques are used to correlate the three bands to discriminate between fire and false alarm.