How do sunglasses protect our eyes?

18/04/2024 38 min Episodio 82
How do sunglasses protect our eyes?

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Wow sunglasses sure are cool. What's the coolest thing about them? Is it how cool they make us look and feel? Or is it the chemistry inside them? We'll let you decide, but we think you'll be surprised to find out how significant a role chemistry plays in the making of your shades.
 
References from this episode

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.chas.8b23208
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02513
https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/issues/2018-2019/December2018/2%20Shades%20TG%20Reading%20Supports.docx
https://www.safetyglassesusa.com/product-information/
https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i19/Periodic-graphics-chemistry-sunglasses.html
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118909911.ch26
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ma960808x
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1999/JM/a902864a#!divAbstract

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