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Descriptor
English
:
Luminescence
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Luminiscencia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Luminescência
Synonyms
English
:
Chemiluminescence
Chemiluminescence, Physical
Luminescence, Physical
Physical Chemiluminescence
Physical Luminescence
Tree Number:
G01.358.500.505.650.665
G01.590.540.665
G01.750.250.650.665
G01.750.770.578.665
Definition
English
:
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.
History Note
English
:
2006
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
Record Number:
38870
Unique Identifier:
D049449
Occurrence in VHL
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