fadometer
Noun
A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
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We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer.
The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best.
A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.
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Essentially, these consisted of placing fabric swatches under the light of the Florida sun or of a fadometer, and then examining them to determine the degree of fade.
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