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Sunday, 17 February 2013

Q.No.126: - What are the causes of luminescence? Describe them briefly.


Q.No.126: - What are the causes of luminescence? Describe them briefly.
Ans: - Luminescence can have a variety of causes some of them are given below.
i)                   Chemiluminescence:- When the energy that excites the atoms originates from a chemical reaction is called Chemiluminescence .
ii)                Bioluminescence:- Often the effect occurs in living things, such as in fireflies and many marine organisms, in this case it is called bioluminescence.
iii)              Triboluminescence:- Light can also be emitted when certain crystals for example, sugar are crushed the effect called Triboluminescence.

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