Lyoluminescence (nonfiction)

Lyoluminescence refers to the emission of light (nonfiction) while dissolving a solid into a liquid solvent (nonfiction). It is a form of chemoluminescence.

The most common lyoluminescent effect is seen when solid samples which have been heavily irradiated by ionizing radiation are dissolved in water.

Many gamma-irradiated substances are known to lyoluminesce; these include spices, powdered milk, soups, cotton and paper.

While the broad variety of materials which exhibit lyoluminescence confounds explanation by a single common mechanism, there is a common feature to the phenomenon: the production of free radicals in solution.

In the News

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  Les Empyrées accidentally set fire to Lyoluminescence laboratory.

Fiction cross-reference

• Empyrées

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Light (nonfiction)
• Solvent (nonfiction)

External links:

• Lyoluminescence @ wiki.karljones.com
• Lyoluminescence @ Wikipedia