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| Could one of those clear fluorescent tube guards allow you to safely operate a germicidal lamp without risk of UVC exposure?
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| Or maybe find a clear one then spray paint the inside with phosphors or something?
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| Not sure what device you mean, but as long as there is plain glass between you and the lamp it should be ok. Make sure there is no possibility of leakage anywhere, and limit your exposure time, just to be on the safe side.
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We used a big beer glass upside down as a barrier.  |
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| I don't think a tube guard would do anything since they're made of plastic .
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| Well most plastics do block UV, but at the expense of the heavy corrosion (browning) of that plastic. So not a good idea.
And even a phosphor wouldn't help, it by far does not absorb all of the UV. The real UV blocker on a regular general lighting fluorescents is the soft glass tube material, so if something, I would start from that (e.g. making an enclosed wooden display box with a regular soft glass cover window)...
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| What is the UV absorption curve of most plastics?
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| Plastic ones might work, but they would yellow almost instantly. What I think you should do, is get some borosilicate glass tube, and cut it to size. Glass blocks the UV, and doesn't yellow. And if you're wondering, yes it does let that beautiful ghostly blue through.
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