Meaning of fadometer | Babel Free

Definitions

A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.

Examples

“We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer.”

“The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best.”

“A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.”

“Essentially, these consisted of placing fabric swatches under the light of the Florida sun or of a fadometer, and then examining them to determine the degree of fade.”

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