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Colorimeter vs Phosphorescence - What's the difference?

colorimeter | phosphorescence |

As nouns the difference between colorimeter and phosphorescence

is that colorimeter is any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy while phosphorescence is the emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.

colorimeter

English

(wikipedia colorimeter)

Alternative forms

* colourimeter

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
  • (analytical chemistry) An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complimentary color.

    • Related terms

    * colorimetric * colorimetrically * colorimetry

    phosphorescence

    English

    Noun

  • The emission of light without any perceptible heat; the quality of being phosphorescent.
  • * 2002 , Barbara Vine, Grasshopper , page 138:
    • We saw a round red sun rise over the City, paint the glassy towers with phosphorescence and, as it brightened and lost its shape, sprinkle across the sky feathers of pink and lilac.

    See also

    * ("phosphorescence" on Wikipedia) * luminescence