Phenomena and Processes

Luminescence

Emission of LIGHT when ELECTRONS return to the electronic ground state from an excited state and lose the energy as PHOTONS. It is sometimes called cool light in contrast to INCANDESCENCE. LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS take advantage of this type of light emitted from LUMINESCENT AGENTS.

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Emission of LIGHT when ELECTRONS return to the electronic ground state from an excited state and lose the energy as PHOTONS. It is sometimes called cool light in contrast to INCANDESCENCE. LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS take advantage of this type of light emitted from LUMINESCENT AGENTS.

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  • Luminescence, Physical
  • Physical Luminescence
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Chemiluminescence, Physical
  • Physical Chemiluminescence

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects.

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2006

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  • Luminescent Measurements (1964-2004)

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  2. G01w.590w.540w.665w
  3. G01w.750w.250w.650w.665w
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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Luminescence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049449. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049449
  2. Luminescence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminescence
  3. Luminescence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184240