Apostilb

The apostilb is an obsolete unit of luminance. The SI unit of luminance is the candela per square metre (cd/m2). In 1942 Parry Moon proposed to rename the apostilb the blondel, after the French physicist André Blondel. The symbol for the apostilb is asb.

The apostilb is defined in terms of another unit of luminance, the stilb (sb):

1 asb = 1/π ⋅ 10−4 sb
π asb = 1 cd/m2
Units of luminance
cd/m2 (SI unit)
≡ nit ≡ lm/m2/sr
stilb (sb) (CGS unit)
≡ cd/cm2
apostilb (asb)
≡ blondel
bril skot (sk) lambert (L) foot-lambert (fL)
= 1 π cd/ft2
1 cd/m2 = 1 10−4 π
≈ 3.142
107 π
≈ 3.142×107
103 π
≈ 3.142×103
10−4 π
≈ 3.142×10−4
0.30482 π
≈ 0.2919
1 sb = 104 1 104 π
≈ 3.142×104
1011 π
≈ 3.142×1011
107 π
≈ 3.142×107
π
≈ 3.142
30.482 π
≈ 2919
1 asb = 1 π
≈ 0.3183
10−4 π
≈ 3.183×10−5
1 107 103 10−4 0.30482
≈ 0.09290
1 bril = 10−7 π
≈ 3.183×10−8
10−11 π
≈ 3.183×10−12
10−7 1 10−4 10−11 0.30482×10−7
≈ 9.290×10−9
1 sk = 10−3 π
≈ 3.183×10−4
10−7 π
≈ 3.183×10−8
10−3 104 1 10−7 0.30482×10−3
≈ 9.290×10−5
1 L = 104 π
≈ 3183
1 π
≈ 0.3183
104 1011 107 1 0.30482×104
≈ 929.0
1 fL = 1 0.30482 π
≈ 3.426
1 30.482 π
≈ 3.426×10−4
1 0.30482
≈ 10.76
107 0.30482
≈ 1.076×108
103 0.30482
≈ 1.076×104
10−4 0.30482
≈ 1.076×10−3
1
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.