TY - CONF A1 - Trubiroha, P. A1 - Geburtig, Anja A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker T1 - 40 Years of Global-UV-Test weathering device: with fluorescent UV lamps and a precise microclimatical control into the future T2 - Natural an Artificial Ageing of Polymers N2 - On the basis of a lot of investigation on the spectral sensitivity of photo degradation of plastics and on the underestimated influence of temperature and relative humidity on degradation processes a new type of weathering device was presented at the end of the seventies: It was a combination of a radiation source with fluorescent UV lamps and a precise climatic cabinet. The radiation emission from a combination of four different types of fluorescent UV lamps was superimposed on the specimen surfaces in the climatic cabinet to match the UV part of solar radiation as closely as possible. Air temperature was controlled to within ± 1 °C, and relative humidity to within ± 5 %RH. As the lamps’ emission is focussed on the UV range almost no radiation heating of the sample occurs. Therefore, the temperature of the sample, which is the quantity of consideration for the degradation, is nearly identical with the chamber’s air temperature, which is the quantity to be controlled. Also, therefore, high humidity can be obtained on the sample surface. The limitation of the emission to the UV range is sufficient for the study of the polymer matrix. This type of weathering device offers an exactness of microclimatic control of the sample’s surface, which should be a standard for weathering devices. Even now it is the only weathering device which generates pure relative humidity (without aerosol). T2 - 9th European Weathering Symposium CY - Basel, Switzerland DA - 18.09.2019 KW - Weathering KW - Irradiation PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-9818507-5-8 SP - 37 EP - 47 PB - Thomas Würtz Grafik-Design CY - Karlsruhe, Germany AN - OPUS4-49151 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -