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Ultraviolet Radiation
between 400-100 nm on the spectrum.
UV part of spectrum divided into regions.
Produced by high temperature continuous prism
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Ultraviolet: The Past
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1801)
Silver Chloride
Melloni and Becquerel (1842)
1920’s: Balloon’s
1946: Rocket Man
1962: Orbiting Solar Observatory (NASA)
First Extreme Data Collection.
1978: International Ultraviolet Explorer
1992: Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
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