phosphorescence
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Phosphorescence is the de-excitation of a metastable state.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The third physical property of light, Phosphorescence, is the property possessed by certain gems and minerals of becoming phosphorescent on being rubbed, or on having their temperature raised by this or other means.
From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by Mastin, John
Phosphorescence and fluorescence seem especially to result from the alpha and beta rays, particularly from the alpha rays, to which belongs the most important part of the total energy of the radiation.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
Phosphorescence of the sea unknown to the ancients, 114.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
Phosphorescence is almost always caused by chemical change.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
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