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  2. Strobe light - Wikipedia

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    A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that can be used as a stroboscope . The word originated from the Ancient Greek στρόβος ( stróbos ), meaning "act of whirling".

  3. Stroboscope - Wikipedia

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    A strobe light flashing at the proper period can appear to freeze or reverse cyclical motion A stroboscope, also known as a strobe , is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary.

  4. Tritium radioluminescence - Wikipedia

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    The bremsstrahlung dose rate cannot be calculated from the properties of tritium alone, as the dose rate and effective energy is dependent on the form of containment. A bare, cylindrical vial GTLS constructed of 0.1 mm thick glass that is 10 mm long and 0.5 mm in diameter will yield a surface dose rate of 100 millirads per hour per curie.

  5. Triboluminescence - Wikipedia

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    It is the emission of light from the fracture (rather than rubbing) of a crystal, but fracturing often occurs with rubbing. Depending upon the atomic and molecular composition of the crystal, when the crystal fractures, a charge separation can occur, making one side of the fractured crystal positively charged and the other side negatively charged.

  6. Spontaneous emission - Wikipedia

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    The rate of spontaneous emission (i.e., the radiative rate) can be described by Fermi's golden rule. [17] The rate of emission depends on two factors: an 'atomic part', which describes the internal structure of the light source and a 'field part', which describes the density of electromagnetic modes of the environment.

  7. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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    By controlling the rate of water flow, the production of acetylene gas is controlled. This, in turn, controls the flow rate of the gas and the size of the flame at the burner, and thus the amount of light it produces. This type of lamp generally has a reflector behind the flame to help project the light forward.

  8. Xenon - Wikipedia

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    The nuclear spins can be aligned beyond ordinary polarization levels by means of circularly polarized light and rubidium vapor. [84] The resulting spin polarization of xenon nuclei can surpass 50% of its maximum possible value, greatly exceeding the thermal equilibrium value dictated by paramagnetic statistics (typically 0.001% of the maximum ...

  9. Luminescence - Wikipedia

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    As the definition does not fully describe the phenomenon, quantum mechanics is employed where it is defined as there is no change in spin multiplicity from the state of excitation to emission of light. [2] Phosphorescence, traditionally defined as persistent emission of light after the end of excitation. As the definition does not fully ...