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Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Coloring Agents > Fluorescent Dyes
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Fluorescent Dyes  

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Entry terms

  • Agents, Fluorescence
  • Agents, Fluorescent
  • Flourescent Agent
  • Fluorescence Agents
  • Fluorescent Agents
  • Fluorescent Dye
  • Fluorochrome
  • Fluorochromes

Scope note

  • Chemicals that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.

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