Typically found in tanning salons gyms spas hotels and sporting facilities and less often in private residences the most common device is a horizontal tanning bed also known as a sunbed or solarium.
Uv tanning beds meaning.
The sun is the.
Typically the higher the level the lower the uv rays.
Level 1 tanning beds are the basic beds with tanning times that are long but usually priced low.
If you love the experience of relaxing in a tanning bed level 1 tanning beds are the perfect choice for you.
In the 1980s tanning beds came with 24 26 or 32 lamps see reference 1.
A level 1 tanning bed is an economic option but they produce high levels of uvb rays the rays that can cause sunburn if not used properly.
It depends on your skin type and the amount of money that you re willing to pay.
Ultraviolet a uva light or ultraviolet b uvb light.
Uv radiation is a form of electromagnetic energy.
Tanning beds work by creating an artificial sources of ultraviolet light which is present in two forms.
It can come from natural sources such as sunlight as well as artificial sources such as lasers black lights and tanning beds.
These kinds of tanning beds use short wave ultraviolet uv light emitted from either fluorescent or incandescent bulbs producing a tan closer to what natural sun bathing might produce.
A uvb tanning bed is an indoor device that emits 93 percent ultraviolet a uva and 7 percent ultraviolet b uvb light and is used to darken skin.