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achillesheels on Feb 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sunlight through glass does not provide Vitamin D

LED lamps do not emit any UV unless you specifically order ones that do. Fluorescent lamps put out more UV by comparison!

opportune on Feb 25, 2019 [–]

Do LED lamps not produce light via blackbody radiation? If they do then they must produce at least some UV

amanaplanacanal on Feb 25, 2019 | | [–]

> Do LED lamps not produce light via blackbody radiation?

I'm pretty sure the answer to that is that they do not.

darkpuma on Feb 25, 2019 | | [–]

No, they use electroluminescence, not incandescence.

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