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The first sentence in the wikipedia article says: "A blacklight [...] emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light [...]."
Why does it say "long-wave" when UV is short-wavelength ?
OscarCunningham
on April 3, 2019
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Because the light that blacklights emit is on the longer end of the possible UV wavelengths. This is what the UV-A means. There are also UV-B and UV-C with shorter wavelengths.
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