Some samples are excited to
fluorescence by the incident radiation beam. When added to the transmitted radiation beam this
fluorescence results in an erroneous
reading called the
fluorescence error. It is particularly noticeable if the photodetector is situated close to the
sample.
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1449
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VII. Molecular
absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) (Recommendations 1988))
on page 1457