Fluorescence; Phosphorescence

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light > Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light > optically excited > Fluorescence; Phosphorescence

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: MEASURING; TESTING
Subclass:: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES