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Periodic graphics: The chemistry of sunglasses

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning describes how your shades protect your eyeballs from the sun’s radiation

by Andy Brunning
May 9, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 19

This is an infographic describing what sunglasses are made of and how they can shade a person’s eyes from UV light with chemical coatings.

To download a pdf of this article, visit http://cenm.ag/sunglasses.


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This article has been translated into Spanish by Divulgame.org and can be found here.


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