Effectiveness of Nivea Sunscreen under Ultraviolet Light

The relationship between a sunscreen’s SPF and its absorbance for UV light of wavelength 240 to 320 was investigated. The investigation was conducted by diluting sunscreens with SPF's of 20, 30 and 50 and placing the solution in a spectrophotometer where the absorbance was measured under UVA, U...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Piset Virachunya, Andrew Pinvises
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: StudentScientists.org 2008-01-01
Series:International Scholastic Journal of Science
Subjects:
UV
spf
Online Access:http://isjos.org/ISBJOP/index.php?paper=Effectiveness+of+Nivea+Sunscreen+under+Ultraviolet+Light