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Activators initiate, improve, maintain the luminescence of phosphors.,
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Lewis Streich
Phosphorous is a non-metallic chemical element with the symbol P and the atomic number 15.
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∙ 16y agoPhosphorus is one of the nutrients essential for life in all organisms. It is used in fundamental life processes such as storage and transfer of genetic information, cell metabolism, and in the energy systems of cells. In lakes, phosphorus is usually present in small amounts, but usually increases with the amount of human impact on the land surrounding the lake. Phosphorus is almost always a limiting nutrient to plant growth in a lake, meaning that plant growth increases at the same rate as phosphorus is added to the system. Phosphorus can enter a lake from the land surrounding the water body by way of sediments, lawn/garden fertilizer, by septic waste washing into the lake or by way of streams that carry and deposit pollutants the lake.
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∙ 9y agoA phosphor become luminescent in some conditions (in fluorescent lights under electrical discharge); a phosphor is not the chemical element phosphorus.
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∙ 9y agoPhosphors are chemical compounds.
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What ingredient causes petroleum jelly to glow under a black light?
Phosphors
What is barium phosphate used for?
Barium phosphate (BaHPO4) is used for: - component of flame retardants - component of phosphors
Are phosphorus and phosphors the same?
No. Phosphorus is a chemical element; phosphors are materials, not necessarily elements, that emit light slowly enough to be useful light sources in the dark, without the need for applied electric current or other external energy supplies. The light emitted may have been absorbed from the environment experienced by a phosphor before its light is emitted and stored in the phosphor in the form of a metastable excited state of an atom, or it may arise from slow chemical reaction among, or radioactive decay of, one or more constituents of the phosphor.
What is europium used for?
Because Europium is fairly difficult to obtain it has few practical uses. Europium is unique in the fact that it can absorb more neutrons per atom then any other element. Thus making Europium and its isotopes very valuable in control rods of nuclear reactors. Like many other transition metals Europium is used in producing certain alloys, including striker and lighter flints. It's also been used in the creation of infrared absorbing automotive glass. Europium's compound, Europium Oxide, is often used as a phosphor activator. Europium's other two roles are also involved with phosphors. Europium is used in the production of phosphors for the creation of small lasers. But perhaps what Europium is known best for is the production of the red phosphors that are found in all color television screens.
What radioactive element is used in luminous paints?
The most common way of making an object glow in the dark is to use chemicals called phosphors to produce light. But I'm not certan that is used in paint.
What are some items that contain phosphors?
Compact Fluorescent lamps, Fireflies, Glowworms, some underground worms!!, and some phosphorescent paints, all contain phosphors.
What type of bulbs use phosphors?
fluorescent, LEDs
What is the use of chalk in tube light?
It is not chalk, it is phosphors.
Which type of light bulb uses phosphors?
fluorescent
Which type of ligh bulb uses phosphors?
A fluorescent bulb
What type of light bulb uses phosphors?
fluorescent, LEDs
Can you eat phosphors?
Although I would not recommend it, yes you can as most are non-toxic.If however you meant elemental Phosphorus instead of phosphors, NO, some form of Phosphorus are deadly poisons and white Phosphorus spontaneously ignites on contact with air!!!If you don't know the difference between phosphors and Phosphorus, that is the subject of a different question.
What is a phosphor activator?
Activators initiate, improve, maintain the luminescence of phosphors.,
What do the phosphors inside fluorescent bulbs absorb to create a glow?
Ultraviolet Radiation.
What ingredient causes petroleum jelly to glow under a black light?
Phosphors
What applications require rare earth minerals?
Phosphors for fluorescent lights are one.
What are examples of phosphors?
Examples are: ZnS, CdS, Y2O3, Y2SiO5, ZnSiO4 etc.
