A Spectroscopic In Vitro Method for the Calculation of Sunscreen SPF Values
27 Jan 2012

In this case study the PerkinElmer® LAMBDA™ 1050 equipped with a 150 mm integrating sphere is used to collect scatter transmission data for sunscreen placed on a tape substrate. Testing sunscreen on a tape model of human skin to calculate the SPF value is shown to be more convenient and economical than testing on human skin.


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