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  2. Chemiluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Chemiluminescence (also chemoluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction, i.e. a chemical reaction results in a flash or glow of light. A standard example of chemiluminescence in the laboratory setting is the luminol test. Here, blood is indicated by luminescence upon contact with iron in hemoglobin.

  3. Luminescence - Wikipedia

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    Chemiluminescence, the emission of light as a result of a chemical reaction. Bioluminescence, a result of biochemical reactions in a living organism; Electrochemiluminescence, a result of an electrochemical reaction; Lyoluminescence, a result of dissolving a solid (usually heavily irradiated) in a liquid solvent

  4. Phosphorescence - Wikipedia

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    Some examples of glow-in-the-dark materials do not glow by phosphorescence. For example, glow sticks glow due to a chemiluminescent process which is commonly mistaken for phosphorescence. In chemiluminescence, an excited state is created via a chemical reaction. The light emission tracks the kinetic progress of the underlying chemical reaction.

  5. Luminol - Wikipedia

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    Chemiluminescence of luminol. To exhibit its luminescence, the luminol must be activated with an oxidant. Usually, a solution containing hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) and hydroxide ions in water is the activator. In the presence of a catalyst such as an iron or periodate compound, the hydrogen peroxide decomposes to form oxygen and water: 2 H 2 O ...

  6. Bioluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. [1] Bioluminescence occurs in diverse organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some bioluminescent bacteria, dinoflagellates and terrestrial arthropods such as fireflies.

  7. Electrochemiluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Electrochemiluminescence or electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) is a kind of luminescence produced during electrochemical reactions in solutions. In electrogenerated chemiluminescence, electrochemically generated intermediates undergo a highly exergonic reaction to produce an electronically excited state that then emits light upon relaxation to a lower-level state.

  8. Peroxyoxalate - Wikipedia

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    However, in the presence of a fluorescer, light can be generated (chemiluminescence). Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (CL) was first reported by Rauhut in 1967 [1] in the reaction of diphenyl oxalate. The emission is generated by the reaction of an oxalate ester with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a suitably fluorescent energy acceptor.

  9. Triboluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Triboluminescence of nicotine L-salicylate. Triboluminescence is a phenomenon in which light is generated when a material is mechanically pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed (see tribology).