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Candlepower is an obsolete unit equal to about 0.981 candelas that measures luminous intensity. Foot-candles measure illuminance or light intensity on a one-square foot surface from a uniform light source. Lux is the SI unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, measuring luminous flux per square meter analogous to watts per square meter weighted by human perception. Luminance describes the amount of light passing through or emitted from an area within a solid angle and is measured in candelas per square meter, ranging from 1,600,000,000 cd/m2 for the sun to 2500 cd/m2 for the moon.

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CANDELA

Candlepower is an obsolete unit equal to about 0.981 candelas that measures luminous intensity. Foot-candles measure illuminance or light intensity on a one-square foot surface from a uniform light source. Lux is the SI unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, measuring luminous flux per square meter analogous to watts per square meter weighted by human perception. Luminance describes the amount of light passing through or emitted from an area within a solid angle and is measured in candelas per square meter, ranging from 1,600,000,000 cd/m2 for the sun to 2500 cd/m2 for the moon.

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NICKY PATRICK BALADHAY B.UTIL.

3
BSARCH III OCT. 10, 2019

A. DEFINITION OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Candlepower (Candela) – Watts

Candela (cd) is the base measurement for describing


luminous intensity. It tells you how bright the light source is which
shows how far away from an object you can be and while still
being able to see it. Any light source eventually becomes too
dim to see the further away you are.

It produces a frequency of 540 terahertz (THz) with a power


of 1/683 watt per steradian, or 18.3988 milliwatts over a complete sphere centered at the
light source.

Candlepower on the other hand is


considered obsolete as it was
replaced by the candela in 1948,
though it is still in common use. 1
candlepower is equal to about 0.981
candela.

2. Foot-candles

Foot-candles are non-SI unit of


illuminance or light intensity. They are the
most common unit of measure used by
lighting professionals to calculate light levels
in businesses and outdoor spaces. In a
nutshell, a foot candle is a measurement of
light intensity and is defined as the
illuminance on a one-square foot surface
from a uniform source of light.
3. Lux

The lux (lx) is the SI derived unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, measuring
luminous flux per unit area. It is equal to one lumen per square meter. In photometry, this
is used as a measure of the intensity, as perceived by the human eye, of light that hits or
passes through a surface. It is analogous to the radiometric unit watt per square meter,
but with the power at each wavelength weighted according to the luminosity function,
a standardized model of human visual brightness perception. In English, "lux" is used as
both the singular and plural form.

The difference between lux and candela is that lux


measures the illumination of a surface, instead of that of
an angle. The net result is that the distance of that surface
from the light source becomes an important factor: the
more distant that the surface is from the light source, the
less it will be illuminated by it. In the picture at the right,
screen A has the same size as screen B.

Fun Fact: A full moon on a clear night can shine up to


a single lux. In full daylight, indirect sunlight can illuminate a surface by between 10,000
to 25,000 lux. This is why seasonal affective disorder (SAD) lamps should be rated at 10,000
lux minimum.

4. Luminance

Luminance is a photometric
measure of the luminous intensity per
unit area of light travelling in a given
direction. It describes the amount of
light that passes through, is emitted
from, or is reflected from a particular
area, and falls within a given solid
angle.

Luminance is apparent brightness; how bright an object appears to the human


eye. So, when you look at the world what you see is a pattern of varying luminances (if
we ignore the color component). Luminance is measured in candelas per square meter
(cd/m2).

Since luminance is what we see, then light sources which we look at have
luminance too. The luminance of the sun and the moon give us a good idea of the huge
range of brightness which the human eye can handle.

 Luminance of the sun: 1,600,000,000 cd/m2


 Luminance of the moon: 2500 cd/m2

If you look at the sun, you'll get 1,600 million candelas per square meter into your
eye. That is why you should not look directly at the sun.

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