Whats the diffderence btw lumens and nanometers. They both measure light, but whats the difference.
2006-11-10 00:28:10 · 3 answers · asked by Danny O. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
lumen measures the intensity of light and nanomters measures the weavelength of the light
the shoter the wavelength the bluer/purpler the colour
2006-11-10 00:32:21 · answer #1 · answered by of_the_moon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lumens are a measure of the flow of light per unit time (luminous flux) from a light emitting object, such as a light bulb. Look on a package of your light bulfs at home. It will almost certainly list the lumen rating of the bulb. Lumens are usually measured in terms of the amount fo light flowing from a standardized candle. The higher the lumen rating, the higher the number of standardized candles the light flowing from the object is equal to.
A nanometer is a linear measure. It is equal to one billionth of a meter (1 divided by 10^9 meters), a very short length indeed. The only way in which it is related to lumens is that a nanometer can be used to measure the wavelength of the light being emitted from an object.
2006-11-10 09:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lumen is a unit of light. If the light is being measured by a nanometer it measures in billionths of a lumen
2006-11-10 09:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋