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Duration of Fluorescence of Mercury Vapor
Phys. Rev. 26, 376 – Published 1 September, 1925
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.26.376
Abstract
Discussion of experiments by Phillips, Wood and Vanderlingen.—It is suggested that the fluorescence observed with fresh vapor is due to absorption of light by diatomic molecules which thus acquire energy of about 7 volts. The persistence of the fluorescence is accounted for by assuming that many of these activated molecules transmit the energy to others by collisions of the second type, energy which is eventually radiated in several jumps corresponding to the bands observed. If such activated molecules are present, they should ionize Cs and K molecules mixed with them.
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