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In Chapter I it has already been explained that in a gas discharge light can be emitted by the excited gas atoms by the transition of an electron from a level of higher energy to one of lower energy. The same process can also take place in the atoms of a solid material.
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Wanmaker, W.L. (1965). Fluorescent Materials. In: Elenbaas, W. (eds) High Pressure Mercury Vapour Lamps and Their Applications. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81628-6_3
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