A new development for determining the ultraviolet protection factor

Abstract

Ultraviolet radiation has become an increasing problem in recent years. It causes many injuries in humans giving rise to the need for protection against ultraviolet radiation, which can be provided by textiles with a high ultraviolet protection factor. This factor can be determined by a variety of established methods. This work focuses on establishing a new methodology for determining the ultraviolet protection factor value using an ultraviolet lamp and a detector. The fabric is to be tested is placed between the ultraviolet lamp and the detector. The new method has the advantages of the existing systems but also minimizes the disadvantages. This will involve a major statistical study using linear regression. The statistical study will be completed with the analysis of residuals using the Shapiro–Wilks test, Gauss–Markov theorem, simple Analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedures, and autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation plots. The measurement error and the deviation of the samples is less than the measurement error committed by the spectrophotometric technique.