Lumen second
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Unit name | Lumen second |
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Physical quantity (s) | Amount of light |
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system | International system of units |
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Derived from | Lumens , second |
Lumen second ( unit symbol lms ) is the SI unit of the amount of light . The amount of light is calculated as the integral of a luminous flux (SI unit lumen ) over time (SI unit second ); accordingly, its SI unit is the product of lumen and second:
The unit is also called Talbot (after William Henry Fox Talbot ) or Lumberg , but these special names are not accepted by the organs of the International Meter Convention for use with SI units, nor are legal units in the EU in metrology .
Simultaneously with the Lumberg unit, the Lumerg was created, which was defined according to the ratio between Erg and Joule , as 1 lumerg = 10 −7 lms.
In practice, the lumen-hour (lmh) is often used as a measure, which is the amount of one lumen over an hour.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Jüstel, Sebastian Schwung: Phosphors, light sources, lasers, luminescence . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-662-48455-5 , pp. 96 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-662-48455-5 .