Tinted windshield

The English name is Athermic windscreen. A thin metallic film metal oxide with a thickness of several tens of nanometers, is placed between layers of glass. This thin metallic layer reflects up to 30% of solar energy falling on the windshield. In classical windscreen reflects only 6%. Filtering out the infrared component of incident light is to reduce the temperature in front of the car approx. 6 ° C reduction in temperature of about dashboard. 30 ° C, and of course also reduces the time to smooth the cab when using air conditioning .

Principle:

Solar radiation is composed of three components:
▪ ultraviolet radiation (With a wavelength ranging from 280 to 380 nm) causes wear organic materials used in the manufacture of individual components of the car interior
▪ visible radiation (the wavelength range 380-780 nm) radiation is perceived by the human eye, the glass is important to its maximum throughput
▪ infrared radiation (a wavelength ranging from 780 to 2500 nm) is a source of thermal energy

It infrared radiation causes heating of the interior, so it must be minimized. There are two ways to address:
▪ maximum absorption of infrared radiation - Principle of tinted glass and darkened
▪ maximum reflection of infrared radiation - The principle of reflective glass atermických

Text: John Sajdl
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