Introduction
Your new Verilux® CleanWave® Sanitizing Wand kills up to 99.9%† of germs, allergens and odor causing bacteria on hard surfaces.†
We hope you enjoy this product and use it frequently. Your results will be cumulative – your “kill rate” may be 90% during your first use on a surface, then “90% of the remaining 10%” on your next use.
About Light and UV-C Light
Visible light is electromagnetic wavelengths visible to the human eye. The wavelength of visible light, in nanometers, is about 400nm to 750nm. A nanometer is one billionth of a standard metric meter.
Ultraviolet or UV light is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum – from about 10nm to 400nm – that contains frequencies just higher than visible light.
Ultraviolet light was discovered by German physicist Johann Ritter. In 1801, Ritter was experimenting with silver chloride, a chemical known to break down when exposed to sunlight. He found that light at the blue end of the spectrum increased the reaction.
Experimenting further, he discovered that the reaction was even more efficient when exposed to light beyond blue – light that was invisible. He called this new type of light ultraviolet, meaning “beyond the violet” (ultra comes from the Latin for “beyond”).
UV light is invisible to humans, but birds and some species of insects, snakes, turtles and fish can see ultraviolet light.
UV light can be divided into various wavelength bands with differing characteristics.
The Sun emits ultraviolet radiation in
The higher energy “short wave”
†Kills up to 99.9% of germs, viruses and other
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