The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Deze cookies zorgen voor basisfunctionaliteiten en beveiligingsfuncties van de website, anoniem. Noodzakelijke cookies zijn absoluut noodzakelijk om de website goed te laten functioneren. With a factor of 10 3 is referred to as a kilocandela. With a factor of 10 −3 one speaks of a millicandela. There are only two, one larger unit and one smaller unit. Since there are many different types of lighting, each with its own strength, there are also different units for candela. The three terms indicate how much light a lamp emits and how much light it produces. So the three terms all have different meanings, but they are related. When a light beam with a strength of one lumen falls on an area of exactly one square metre, you are dealing with one lux. This therefore helps to determine the light pattern to determine. The number of lux indicates how much light reaches the desired surface. This is therefore different from the total luminous intensity. Lumen represents the total luminous flux of a light beam. This is because the three terms are closely related. When it comes to candela, the terms lumens and lux is also often mentioned. Relationship between candela, lumen and lux The other basic units are: time in seconds, length in metres, mass in kilograms, electronic current in ampere, absolute temperature in kelvin and amount of substance in mol.

Candela is also one of the seven basic units of the SI system.

But what exactly is the luminous intensity? The luminous intensity indicates how much light is contained in each section of the light beam. This is why one candela corresponds to the luminous intensity of a normal candle. The word comes from Latin and literally means candle. Candela is the unit of luminous intensity and is indicated by the letters CD.

Lumens to candela