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luminance luminescence quenching

luminescence

Spontaneous emission of radiation from an electronically or vibrationally excited species not in thermal equilibrium with its environment.
See also: bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, electro-generated chemiluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, photoluminescence, radioluminescence, sonoluminescence, thermoluminescence, triboluminescence.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223 (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2252
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513 (Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 2522
See also: Orange Book, p. 184
Orange Book, p. 231
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167 (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2200
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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