Black light | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-04

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00:02:19 1 Types
00:02:28 1.1 Fluorescent
00:05:23 1.1.1 "Bug zapper" tubes
00:06:23 1.2 Incandescent
00:07:32 1.3 Mercury vapor
00:08:44 1.4 LED
00:09:09 2 Medical applications
00:10:07 2.1 Fungal and bacterial infections
00:10:44 2.2 Ethylene glycol poisoning
00:11:13 2.3 Other
00:11:55 2.4 See also
00:12:16 3 Safety
00:14:00 4 Uses
00:19:02 5 See also



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A blacklight (or often black light), also referred to as a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or ultraviolet light,  is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and very little visible light.One type of lamp has a violet filter material, either on the bulb or in a separate glass filter in the lamp housing, which blocks most visible light and allows through UV, so the lamp has a dim violet glow when operating.  Blacklight lamps which have this filter have a lighting industry designation that includes the letters "BLB".  This stands for "blacklight blue".
A second type of lamp produces ultraviolet but does not have the filter material, so it produces more visible light and has a blue color when operating.  These tubes are made for use in "bug zapper" insect traps, and are identified by the industry designation "BL".Blacklight sources may be specially designed fluorescent lamps, mercury-vapor lamps, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, or incandescent lamps; although incandescents produce almost no blacklight (except slightly more for halogen types), and so are not considered true blacklight sources.   In medicine, forensics, and some other scientific fields, such a light source is referred to as a Wood's lamp, named after Robert Williams Wood who invented the original Wood's glass UV filters.
Although many other types of lamp emit ultraviolet light with visible light, black lights are essential when UV-A light without visible light is needed, particularly in observing fluorescence, the colored glow that many substances emit when exposed to UV.  Black lights are employed for decorative and artistic lighting effects, diagnostic and therapeutic uses in medicine, the detection of substances tagged with fluorescent dyes, rock-hunting, the detection of counterfeit money, the curing of plastic resins, attracting insects and the detection of refrigerant leaks affecting refrigerators and air conditioning systems. Strong sources of long-wave ultraviolet light are used in tanning beds.  Although the low-power UV-A emitted by black lights is not a hazard to skin or eyes and can be viewed without protection, powerful ultraviolet sources present dangers and require personal protective equipment such as goggles and gloves.