Fluorescent Tube (UV-C Germicidal Lamp) kumwe kushandiswa kwe UV UV, iyo inozivikanwa seUVC mwenje kana germicidal mwenje. Inoburitsa ultraviolet mwenje wepamusoro wavelength 253.7nm (kana 254nm), inova pathogen yekuuraya wave inoshandiswa mukurapa kana maindasitiri sterilization. Germicidal UV mwenje inoshandisa mwenje yakasimba iyo inogona kunyatso kuparadza DNA, RNA uye maseru ezvirwere (mabhakitiriya, mavairasi, uye protozoa) kuburikidza nekujekesa kwakananga. Kuenderera mberi nekuvandudza kushaya mbereko, mwenje weUVC unogona kuchinjwa quartz kana yakakwira boron girazi chubhu iyo inogona kuburitsa mwenje we18nm UVD, iyo inogona kukonzeresa mweya yemhepo kuumba ozone (O3mamorekuru, ayo akapararira mumhepo kuuraya utachiona. Sezvo kufema kwenguva refu kweozone kunogona kukonzera manzwiro asingafadzi, vamwe vakashandisa mwenje wemagetsi kuuraya titanium mugirazi kuti itadzise kubuda kweozone uye ichiita kuti ishandiswe munzvimbo ine vanhu asi isina radiation chaiyo kune vanhu kana zvirimwa pamwe nemamiriro epurasitiki. Vashandisi vanogara vachida kucherechedza kuti kapfupi-wave UV mwenje inokuvadza kuvanhu, saka inogona kungoshandiswa chete nehunyanzvi kana mune zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka uye zvakagadziriswa zvishandiso pasi pekushanda kwakakodzera.
Saizvozvowo kune rimwe mwenje weUV, germicidal mwenje mwenje wemekyuri unoburitsa sosi yechiedza chehusiku kana hurefu hwe253.7nm (UVC) uye 188nm (UVD). Ultra violet yerambi remagetsi rinotsvaga haridi chero hupfu, uye seUVC neUVD zvine mwero wekutapurirana wakatarisana negirazi rakajairwa, zvakakosha zvakadai sequartz kana girazi rakakura re boron rinoda kushandiswa.Germicidal rambi inowanikwa mune akasiyana mwenje chimiro, iyo inogona kuve T5, T8, PL-S uye PL-L mwenje, pamwe neakasarudzika 4pins T5 chubhu kana U chimiro machubhu. Ivo vanoshanda neakawanda emagetsi ballast mumusika uye mamwe madiki ma wattages anogona kushanda ne magnetic ballast. Solid state mercury (amalgam) inogona kushandiswa kugadzirisa chengetedzo, kugadzikana uye kugarisana nharaunda kwechigadzirwa.
Ultra violet mwenje yakareruka pachigadziko pane yakaderera-kumanikidza mercury vapor kuburitsa mashandiro, izvo zvinosungirwa kushanda neyekunze chishandiso, icho chingave chiri rinobva kutsigisa igwa kana yemagetsi kutsigisa igwa. Kana simba rakabatana, tembiricha yakakwira inogadzirwa mukati memafuta mukati memucheto kwechubhu. Iko kupisa kwepamusoro kunopisa mercury mukati mechubhu kuita dunhu rakazara mukati mehubhu, iyo ionized mercury inoburitsa ultra violet painorova paUV yeupfu yakaputirwa pagirazi chubhu.