Atlas launches new device.Atlas Material Testing Technology has introduced its latest technology for ultra-accelerated exposure testing. This new outdoor testing device can provide approximately 63 years of South Florida UV radiation exposure in a single year. Atlas developed this new solar concentrator technology in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. (NREL NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) ) and the Russian Institute of Laser Optical Technology (ILOT) under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program. Similar in concept to Atlas' moderately accelerated EMMA EMMA Engstrom Multigas Monitor for anesthesia. technology, the ultra-accelerated device tracks the sun while concentrating reflected sunlight on test specimens mounted in a target area. However, the new patented mirror system used in the ultra-accelerated concentrator has very high reflectance re·flec·tance n. The ratio of the total amount of radiation, as of light, reflected by a surface to the total amount of radiation incident on the surface. Noun 1. in the UV and near visible wave length ranges while attenuating reflectance in the longer wavelength visible and IR portions of the solar spectrum the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines. See also: Spectrum . This technology allows for very high concentrations of UV energy without excessive heating of test samples. |
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