All UV lamps are not created equal. Most produce a variety of wavelengths, many of which are not germicidal, meaning they don't kill anything. These commonly used lamps are inferior and waste energy. AirGorilla's™ UV lamps concenrate their energy at the germicidal 254 nanometer range, assuring maximum UV purifying power is available for superior decontamination with no wasted power.
AirGorilla provides advanced and innovative ultraviolet light systems to meet the varied needs and requirements of our customers around the world. We design and manufacture powerful ultraviolet products that maximize UV's proven disinfecting capabilities and provide superior results for our customers.
One of the key factors in determining the effectiveness of ultraviolet light in destroying contaminants is the intensity of the UV rays that hit the contaminant. The higher the intensity - the more effective. Intensity of the UV rays drops off considerably just a short distance from
the lamp making it ineffective in destroying contaminants.
At just 3" from the lamp, the intensity is reduced by 85%.
At just a scant 12" from the lamp, there is not enough intensity
to destroy most contaminants. To stick a puny, single UV lamp
in a duct system or portable unit and think it is going to make
a huge difference may be misguided. To be really effective,
there needs to be greater UV intensity and that requires more
powerful UV lamps or multiple UV lamps.
UNDERSTANDING UV
The word Ultraviolet means "beyond violet" (from the Latin, ultra - beyond), violet being the color of the shortest wavelengths of visible light. With wavelengths from 10 - 400 nanometers, ultraviolet starts at the end of the visible light specturm and ends at the begining of the x-rays specturm.
UV wavelengths are often subdivided into UVA (400 - 315 nm), also called Long Wave or "blacklight"; UVB (315 - 280 nm), also called Medium Wave; and UVC (< 280 nm), also called Short Wave or "germicidal". The most effevtive wavelength and the one most often used for disinfection is at 254nm.
UVC works by penetrating an organism's nucleus disrupting the molecular bonds of its DNA which renders the microbe unable to reporduce resulting in its death moments ofter UVC exposure. UVC has proven quite effective at actively destroying viruses, bacteria, yeast and mold.
