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What is the essential difference between fluorescence and phosphroescence ?

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Fluorescence is the phenomenon of emission of energy in visible region by a substance on absorbing radiations of higher frequency. If the process of emission continues even after the exciting radiations are stopped, the phenomenon is called phosphorescence.
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