Synthetic Fluorescent Mineral Art: Copperlite Blobs - UVc

 

FOV: 5" wide.

 

Frozen drops of melted salt containing the Copperlite phosphor.

 

Suspected phosphor: Cu2O in NaCl

 

Contains:

NaCl:Cu2O (FL Orange, Pink/Blue >BL UVab,c)

 

NaCl {30ml} + CuCl2*2H2O {~0.05ml} + Li2CO3 {0.15ml} (added as flux)

 

Shown under UVc light.

 

Key:

WL = White light (halogen + LED)

FL = Fluoresces

PHOS = Phosphorescent

BL = 450nm,

UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)

'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"

 

Copperite Blob Art

1Sep2015

 

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18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps

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