THC Science

A phot (ph) is a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area. It is not an SI unit but rather is associated with the older centimetre–gram–second system of units. The name was coined by André Blondel in 1921.^[1]

Metric equivalence:

1\ \mathrm {phot} =1\ {\frac {\mathrm {lumen} }{\mathrm {centimetre} ^{2}}}=10,000\ {\frac {\mathrm {lumens} }{\mathrm {metre} ^{2}}}=10,000\ \mathrm {lux} =10\ \mathrm {kilolux}

Metric dimensions:

References

^ Parry Moon. "System of photometer concepts", in the Journal of the Optical Society of America, volume 32, number 6 (June 1942), doi:10.1364/JOSA.32.000348. – Page 355: "The lumen was proposed by Blondel in 1894 and is now universally accepted. The names, phot and stilb were likewise coined by Blondel (1921) and are in general use on the Continent."

Knowledgedoor, LLC (2005). Library of Units and Constants: Illuminance Quantity. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
Illuminance Converter. Retrieved 2006-07-21.

CGS units
Base units	centimetre gram second
Derived non EM units	barye dyne erg gal kelvin poise kayser phot stilb
Derived EMU units	abampere (biot) abcoulomb abhenry abmho abohm abvolt gauss gilbert maxwell oersted
Derived ESU units	statampere statcoulomb statmho statohm statvolt