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Olive Oil Fluorescence

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olive oil fluorescence

  • Olive oil fluoresces when illuminated by light within a certain frequency range. Violet light causes fluorescence, but attenuates quickly. Green light causes fluorescence but doesn’t attenuate. Red light scatters but does not fluoresce or attenuate.
  • Oil and lasers in L01, section B5 (or B6).
Posted in Atomic Physics, Color, Modern Misc, Modern Physics, OpticsTagged color, fluorescence, oil

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