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LED Lighting Definitions and Characteristics TND328/D Rev.1 – Sep07 Definitions 2 TND328/D Rev.1 – Sep07 Luminous Flux [lm] • Luminous flux is the quantity of the energy of the light emitted per second in all directions. The unit of luminous flux is lumen (lm). One lumen is the luminous flux of the uniform point light source that has luminous intensity of 1 candela and is contained in one unit of spatial angle (or 1 steradian). Steradian is the spatial angle that limits the surface area of the sphere equal to the square of the radius. This concept is shown in the figure for 1 m radius of the sphere. Since the area of sphere is 4πr² then the luminous flux of the point light source is 4πlumens. Point source with uniform light and 1 candela [cd] of luminous intensity. 1 lumen of Area = 1 Luminous square meter flux 1 meter radius 3 TND328/D Rev.1 – Sep07 Luminous Intensity [cd] • The luminous intensity (measured in candelas) is the amount of light emitted into a certain direction, measured in 1 m distance. • If the point light source emits Ø lumens into a small spatial angle ß, the luminous intensity is I=Ø/ß. The unit of luminous intensity is candela. There is a standard that deta