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THE following observations may be of interest in view of the present interest in problems of fluorescence of solids. Anthracene (I) in the solid state fluoresces blue with a high efficiency, the absorption band lying at wave-lengths shorter than 3800 A. Solid naphtha-cene (II) is yellow in colour and fluoresces very faintly, and solid pentacene (III) is dark bluish and does not fluoresce appreciably. In dilute solid solution in anthracene, however, the latter hydrocarbons fluoresce vividly, the former greenish-yellow and the latter red.
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BOWEN, E. Fluorescence of Solids. Nature 142, 1081 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421081a0
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