Fluorescence of ceramic color standards.
Fluorescence has been found in color standards available for use in calibration and verification of color measuring instruments. The fluorescence is excited at wavelengths below about 600?nm and emitted above 700?nm, within the response range of silicon photodiodes, but at the edge of the response of most photomultipliers and outside the range commonly scanned in commercial colorimeters. The degree of fluorescence on two of a set of 12 glossy ceramic tiles is enough to introduce significant error when those tiles have been calibrated in one mode of measurement and are used in another. We report the nature of the fluorescence and the implications for color measurement.
Koo
Annette
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Measurements Standards Laboratory, Industrial Research Limited,P.O. Box 31-310 Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand. a.koo@irl.cri.nz
Clare
John F
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Nield
Kathryn M
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Deadman
Andrew
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Usadi
Eric
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