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Phosphorescence, the Glossary

Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence.^[1]

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Phosphors and scintillators

Active laser medium

The active laser medium (also called a gain medium or lasing medium) is the source of optical gain within a laser.

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Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.

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Amorphous solid

In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Atom

Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements.

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Becky Schroeder

Rebecca "Becky" Schroeder (born 1962) is an American inventor and one of the youngest females to be granted a U.S. patent.

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Blacklight

A blacklight, also called a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or ultraviolet light, is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and very little visible light. Phosphorescence and blacklight are luminescence.

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Calcination

Calcination is thermal treatment of a solid chemical compound (e.g. mixed carbonate ores) whereby the compound is raised to high temperature without melting under restricted supply of ambient oxygen (i.e. gaseous O2 fraction of air), generally for the purpose of removing impurities or volatile substances and/or to incur thermal decomposition.

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Cathode-ray tube

A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.

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Cathodoluminescence

Cathodoluminescence is an optical and electromagnetic phenomenon in which electrons impacting on a luminescent material such as a phosphor, cause the emission of photons which may have wavelengths in the visible spectrum. Phosphorescence and Cathodoluminescence are luminescence.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.

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Chemical kinetics

Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics, is the branch of physical chemistry that is concerned with understanding the rates of chemical reactions.

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Chemiluminescence

Chemiluminescence (also chemoluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction, i.e. a chemical reaction results in a flash or glow of light. Phosphorescence and Chemiluminescence are luminescence.

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Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

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Crystal structure

In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material.

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Crystallographic defect

A crystallographic defect is an interruption of the regular patterns of arrangement of atoms or molecules in crystalline solids.

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De Phenomenis in Orbe Lunae

De Phenomenis in Orbe Lunae is a 1612 book by Collegio Romano philosophy professor Giulio Cesare la Galla that describes emission of light by a stone.

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Disc golf

Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf.

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Dye laser

A dye laser is a laser that uses an organic dye as the lasing medium, usually as a liquid solution.

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Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.

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Electronvolt

In physics, an electronvolt (symbol eV), also written electron-volt and electron volt, is the measure of an amount of kinetic energy gained by a single electron accelerating through an electric potential difference of one volt in vacuum.

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Energy level

A quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound—that is, confined spatially—can only take on certain discrete values of energy, called energy levels. Phosphorescence and energy level are spectroscopy.

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Fluorescence

Fluorescence is one of two kinds of emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. Phosphorescence and Fluorescence are luminescence.

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Fluorescent lamp

A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.

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Fluorite

Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2.

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Fluorophore

A fluorophore (or fluorochrome, similarly to a chromophore) is a fluorescent chemical compound that can re-emit light upon light excitation. Phosphorescence and fluorophore are luminescence.

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Forbidden mechanism

In spectroscopy, a forbidden mechanism (forbidden transition or forbidden line) is a spectral line associated with absorption or emission of photons by atomic nuclei, atoms, or molecules which undergo a transition that is not allowed by a particular selection rule but is allowed if the approximation associated with that rule is not made. Phosphorescence and forbidden mechanism are spectroscopy.

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Force

A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.

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Frenkel defect

In crystallography, a Frenkel defect is a type of point defect in crystalline solids, named after its discoverer Yakov Frenkel.

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Glow stick

A glow stick, also known as a light stick, chem light, light wand, light rod, and rave light, is a self-contained, short-term light-source. Phosphorescence and glow stick are luminescence.

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Hennig Brand

Hennig Brand was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg.

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Highlighter

A highlighter, also called a fluorescent pen, is a type of writing device used to bring attention to sections of text by marking them with a vivid, translucent colour.

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Interstitial defect

In materials science, an interstitial defect is a type of point crystallographic defect where an atom of the same or of a different type, occupies an interstitial site in the crystal structure.

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Intersystem crossing

Intersystem crossing (ISC) is an isoenergetic radiationless process involving a transition between the two electronic states with different spin multiplicity.

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Luminous gemstones

Folktales about luminous gemstones are an almost worldwide motif in mythology and history among Asian, European, African, and American cultures.

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Luminous paint

Luminous paint (or luminescent paint) is paint that emits visible light through fluorescence, phosphorescence, or radioluminescence. Phosphorescence and Luminous paint are luminescence.

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Microparticle

Microparticles are particles between 0.1 and 100 μm in size.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.

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Mostafa El-Sayed

Mostafa A. El-Sayed (Arabic: مصطفى السيد) is an Egyptian-American physical chemist, nanoscience researcher, member of the National Academy of Sciences and US National Medal of Science laureate.

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Nanosecond

A nanosecond (ns) is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one billionth of a second, that is, of a second, or 10 seconds.

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Opalescence

Opalescence or play of color is the optical phenomenon displayed by the mineraloid gemstone opal,opalescent.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Persistent luminescence

Commonly referred to as phosphorescence, persistent luminescence is the emission of light by a phosphorescent material after an excitation by ultraviolet or visible light. Phosphorescence and persistent luminescence are luminescence.

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Phosphor

A phosphor is a substance that exhibits the phenomenon of luminescence; it emits light when exposed to some type of radiant energy. Phosphorescence and phosphor are luminescence and phosphors and scintillators.

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Phosphoroscope

A phosphoroscope is piece of experimental equipment devised in 1857 by physicist A. E. Becquerel to measure how long it takes a phosphorescent material to stop glowing after it has been excited. Phosphorescence and phosphoroscope are luminescence.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Photoluminescence

Photoluminescence (abbreviated as PL) is light emission from any form of matter after the absorption of photons (electromagnetic radiation). Phosphorescence and Photoluminescence are luminescence and spectroscopy.

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Photon

A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.

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Pitfall trap

A pitfall trap is a trapping pit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles.

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Prism (optics)

An optical prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refract light.

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Promethium

Promethium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pm and atomic number 61.

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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory that describes the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.

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Quantum optics

Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules.

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Quantum yield

In particle physics, the quantum yield (denoted) of a radiation-induced process is the number of times a specific event occurs per photon absorbed by the system. Phosphorescence and quantum yield are spectroscopy.

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Quinine

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis.

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Rave

A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.

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Ruby

Ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide).

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Schottky defect

A Schottky defect is an excitation of the site occupations in a crystal lattice leading to point defects named after Walter H. Schottky.

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Singlet state

In quantum mechanics, a singlet state usually refers to a system in which all electrons are paired.

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Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, (13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish mathematician and physicist.

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Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra.

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Spin (physics)

Spin is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms.

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Strontium aluminate

Strontium aluminate is an aluminate compound with the chemical formula (sometimes written as). It is a pale yellow, monoclinic crystalline powder that is odourless and non-flammable. Phosphorescence and Strontium aluminate are luminescence and phosphors and scintillators.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence

Also known as Glow-in-the-dark (toys), Glowing, Phosphoresce, Phosphorescent, Phosphorescent light, Phosphorescents, Phosphorescing, Phosphoresence, Triplet phosphorescence.

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Phosphorescence, the Glossary

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Phosphors and scintillators

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