Polysulphone dosimeters using a simple to use filter have been developed and tested to provide an extended dynamic measurement range of personal solar UV exposures over an extended period (3 to 6 days). At a Southern Hemisphere subtropical site (27.6°S, 151.9°E), the dynamic range of the filtered polysulphone allowed measurements of erythemal exposures to approximately 100 minimum erythemal dose (MED) for a change in optical absorbance at 330 nm (ΔA330) of 0.35. In comparison, unfiltered polysulphone dosimeters were exposed to approximately 8 MED for the same ΔA330. The error associated with the use of the filtered polysulphone dosimeters is of the order of ±15%, compared with ±10% of the unfiltered variety. The developed filtered polysulphone dosimeter system allowed the measurement of erythemal UV exposures over 3 to 6 days at a subtropical site without the need to replace the dosimeters because of saturation. The results show that longer-term measurement programs of personal solar UV have been made more feasible with the use of these polysulphone dosimeters with an extended dynamic range compared with unfiltered polysulphone dosimeters.
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1 May 2004
Personal Solar UV Exposure Measurements Employing Modified Polysulphone with an Extended Dynamic Range
Alfio V. Parisi,
Michael G. Kimlin
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Photochemistry and Photobiology
Vol. 79 • No. 5
May 2004
Vol. 79 • No. 5
May 2004