MadSci Network: Chemistry
Query:

Re: How long does the glow from Fluorescein last when under a black light?

Date: Sun Apr 17 16:02:04 2011
Posted By: Tom Hancewicz, Sr. Scientist, Spectroscopy and Analytical Science
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1302496929.Ch
Message:

What you have described is chemical fluorescence and this process will 
continue indefinitely as long as the UV light is absorbed by the dye.


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