Hi
I noticed a few posts where people use modified bulbs to get UV light for some reactions, a while back I brought a mineral lamp that has two wave
lengths of UV in it, one is very short (2xx something) and the other (460 I think). I use it for TLC plates, but it occured to me that for chemical
reactions there is a cheap alternative of both long and short wave UV light, on one my tanks I have pond UV sterilizer, it has a quartz glass sleeve
that surrounds the tube, it would make a good reaction vessel.
There is also a pond UV unit that uses the longer light wave, I cant remember what they are called but the short ones are the sterilizer and the
others just used for clearing green water.
It would save messing about with cutting bulbs and the units are light sealed so safe for the eyesWGTR - 8-12-2014 at 13:23
I posted this for you as an article of interest in References. Can you access it?
Yes thanks for that, I have got hold of some thick green screening material used in arc welding and a UV filter for the viewing bit.
Thats why I like the pond units as they dont pose a risk of the light leaking
