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The Importance of the use of Clothes with Solar UV Protection

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  • Rubén D Piacentini

    (Laboratorio de Eficiencia Energética, Sustentabilidad y Cambio Climático, IMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina)

  • Erika Pierobon

    (Ocean 5, 2000 Rosario, Argentina)

  • Ariel R Piacentini

    (Ocean 5, 2000 Rosario, Argentina)

  • Graciela M Salum

    (Biological Sciences and Engineering School, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José, Urcuquí, Ecuador)

Abstract

Normal clothes protect human body form the harmful effects of intense solar Ultraviolet (UV) radiation in a wide range of values of the UV Protection Factor (indicated as UPF). In the present review, we describe how this factor is defined, how it is related to the well-known Solar Protection Factor (SPF) of sunscreens and what kind of fabric characteristics and materials determine the protection level. We also present a typical measurement of solar transmittance, solar protection and the UPF value determined in actual conditions of fabrics exposed to solar radiation. We propose that all fabrics need to include universally the identification of its UPF.

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  • Rubén D Piacentini & Erika Pierobon & Ariel R Piacentini & Graciela M Salum, 2018. "The Importance of the use of Clothes with Solar UV Protection," Current Trends in Fashion Technology & Textile Engineering, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(5), pages 96-100, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:adp:ctftte:v:3:y:2018:i:5:p:96-100
    DOI: 10.19080/CTFTTE.2018.03.555623
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