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1–Sep07LEDLightingDefinitionsandCharacteristicsTND328/DRev
1–Sep072DefinitionsTND328/DRev
1–Sep073LuminousFlux[lm]•Luminousfluxisthequantityoftheenergyofthelightemittedpersecondinalldirections
Theunitofluminousfluxislumen(lm)
Onelumenistheluminousfluxoftheuniformpointlightsourcethathasluminousintensityof1candelaandiscontainedinoneunitofspatialangle(or1steradian)
Steradianisthespatialanglethatlimitsthesurfaceareaofthesphereequaltothesquareoftheradius
Thisconceptisshowninthefigurefor1mradiusofthesphere
Sincetheareaofsphereis4πr²thentheluminousfluxofthepointlightsourceis4πlumens
Pointsourcewithuniformlightand1candela[cd]ofluminousintensity
1meterradius1lumenofLuminousfluxArea=1squaremeterTND328/DRev
1–Sep074LuminousIntensity[cd]•Theluminousintensity(measuredincandelas)istheamounto