Mechanoluminescence
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Mechanoluminescence
Mechanoluminescence is light emission resulting from any mechanical action on a solid. It can be produced through ultrasound, or through other means.
- Fractoluminescence is caused by stress that results in the formation of fractures.
- Piezoluminescence is caused by pressure that results only in elastic deformation.[1]
- Triboluminescence is nominally caused by rubbing, but actually because of resulting fractoluminescence, so is often used as a synonym.[2]
- Sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.
See also
References
External links
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Mechanoluminescence.
Read more