Convert Units of Illuminance (Illumination)


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How to convert illuminance units using the AddUp calculator

How to convert units in general

Conversions can be done either with the "->" conversion operator or with the equivalent "convert" function. The function has three parameters: a quantity, a unit to convert from and a unit to convert to. Likewise the conversion operator uses three values: the quantity and unit to convert from are placed on the left side of the operator while the unit to convert to goes to the right side.

Illuminance Units

The basic unit of illuminance is the lux. All units of illuminance are expressed in terms of this base unit and so measurements can be converted from any one of the following units to any other.

footCandle
1 candella at 1 foot: 10.763910417 lux
lux
Basic unit of illuminance (1 lumen / m2): 1 lux
nox
millilux: 0.001 lux
phot
CGS unit: 1e5 lux

Sample Conversions of Illuminance Units

Convert lux to foot candle

10 lux -> footCandle = 0.9290304

convert(10; lux; footCandle) = 0.9290304

Convert lux to nox

10 lux -> nox = 10,000

convert(10; lux; nox) = 10,000

Convert lux to phot

10 lux -> phot = 0.0001

convert(10; lux; phot) = 0.0001

Convert foot candle to lux

10 footCandles -> lux= 107.6391

convert(10; footCandle; Lux) = 107.6391

Convert nox to lux

10 nox -> lux = 0.01

convert(10; nox; lux) = 0.01

Convert phot to lux

10 phot -> lux = 1,000,000

convert(10; phot; lux) = 1,000,000

Convert foot candle to nox

10 footCandle -> nox = 107,639.1

convert(10; footCandle; nox) = 107,639.1

Convert foot candle to phot

10 footCandle -> phot = 0.0010764

convert(10; footCandle; phot) = 0.0010764

Convert nox to phot

10 nox -> phot = 0.0000001

convert(10; nox; phot) = 0.0000001

Convert phot to nox

10 phot -> nox = 1e+9

convert(10; phot; nox) = 1e+9