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Fluorescence vs Phosphorescent - What's the difference?

fluorescence | phosphorescent |

As nouns the difference between fluorescence and phosphorescent

is that fluorescence is (physics) the emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle while phosphorescent is a phosphorescent substance.

As an adjective phosphorescent is

having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, eg, in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

fluorescence

English

Noun

  • (physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle
  • The light so emitted

    • Derived terms

    * fluorescence microscope * fluoresce * fluorescein * fluorescent

    External links

    * ("fluorescence" on Wikipedia) ----

    phosphorescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
  • * 1961 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine , page 11
    • So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.

    Derived terms

    *phosphorescence *phosphorescently

    Related terms

    *phosphor *phosphoresce *phosphoroscope

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A phosphorescent substance.
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