They seem to be measuring basically the same thing (luminous flux is restricted to visible light), but luminous flux is measured in lumens and radiant flux is measured in Watts. Is a lumen just a fancy Watt?
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Luminous is scaled to what it looks like to the human eye. Radiant is over all wavelengths
The SI system defineing candelas as a base unit has always seemed bizarre to me
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