Phot Explained

Phot
Standard:	CGS units
Quantity:	Illuminance
Symbol:	ph
Units1:	SI derived unit
Units2:	SAE units
Inunits2:	929 fc

A phot (ph) is a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area. It is not an SI unit but rather is associated with the older centimetre–gram–second system of units. The name was coined by André Blondel in 1921.^[1]

Metric equivalence:

1 phot =1 (lumen)/(centimetre ^{2}) =10 , 000 (lumens)/(metre ^{2}) = 10 , 000 lux = 10 kilolux

Metric dimensions:

Illuminance = luminous intensity × solid angle / length²

See also

• Illuminance
• Lumen (unit)
• Lux
• Photometry (optics)
• Light

References

1. Parry Moon. "System of photometer concepts", in the Journal of the Optical Society of America, volume 32, number 6 (June 1942), . – Page 355: "The lumen was proposed by Blondel in 1894 and is now universally accepted. The names, phot and stilb were likewise coined by Blondel (1921) and are in general use on the Continent."

External links

• Knowledgedoor, LLC (2005). Library of Units and Constants: Illuminance Quantity. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
• Illuminance Converter. Retrieved 2006-07-21.