Some of you (assuming there is a "you" out there in phosphor land) may have read the FIRESTAR 4-book trilogy. From Wordnik.com. [March 21st, 2008] Reference
The answer lies in a chemical powder called phosphor, which is sprayed against the inner surface of the glass tube. From Wordnik.com. Reference
What's wrong with a material such as phosphor bronze?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The glow comes from phosphor which is contained in the paper, which locks in the light after exposure to it, The Daily Telegraph reported. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
"phosphor" bombs on the central UNITA stronghold of Huambo Friday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She smiled into the putrid phosphor enveloping her. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Indomitable]
The phosphor from the lake had combined to form a whirlwind. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreamthief's Daughter]
"I don't how they can have 'phosphor' in a 'clear' green LED package?. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine] Reference
These images in turn bounce on a screen that is coated with phosphor. From Wordnik.com. [How Does a LCD Projector Work?t] Reference
The pistons and connecting rods are of forged steel and phosphor-bronze. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885] Reference
Sheila stood outlined in the doorway against the dim glow of a phosphor bulb. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Several standard activation codes produced a border around the phosphor screen. From Wordnik.com. [The I Inside]
The phosphor plates are like film and retain an image when struck by the X-ray. From Wordnik.com. [Digital X-Ray Systems-Wow!] Reference
LAWRENCE: Looked like some sort of phosphor flare that just flared up over there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2005] Reference
A luminous veil surrounded it as though the atmosphere were enriched with phosphor. From Wordnik.com. [Spoor of the Antis]
This invisible light strikes the phosphor coating on the glass tube, making it glow. From Wordnik.com. [‘FIELD’ of Fluorescent Bulbs Powered By Ambient Electricity | Impact Lab] Reference
It consists of a glass tube containing mercury and coated on the inside with phosphor. From Wordnik.com. [America's On-Again, Off-Again Light Bulb Affair] Reference
Electrified, the mercury vapor causes the phosphor molecules to vibrate, producing light. From Wordnik.com. [America's On-Again, Off-Again Light Bulb Affair] Reference
The ram is divided inside into two compartments, each having a phosphor bronze air piston. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
Since the water was used against phosphor bombs, the water only intensified the firestorm. From Wordnik.com. [Torture and Permanent Detention Bill Passes] Reference
It's just getting the words down on pap ... er, phosphor ... that proves to be the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Belated Update] Reference
The dye molecules absorb light emitted by the base phosphor and emit red light of their own. From Wordnik.com. [Full-Color Glow-in-the-Dark Materials | Impact Lab] Reference
One can also do the experiment with electrons and a phosphor screen, and get the same result. From Wordnik.com. [I would like to know.] Reference
The process works by adding a phosphor material made out of nanoparticles to standard blue LEDs. From Wordnik.com. [Nanoparticles Create Ultra-Vibrant LED Screens | Inhabitat] Reference
Just a brief flare that because of the phosphor technology was smeared and a little time-lagged. From Wordnik.com. [One Shot]
The hub upon which the platter was mounted was phosphor bronze, and weighed an additional 17 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 25, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Archives] Reference
A wheezing chuckle answered him, and a phosphor bulb glowed weakly, shedding some light on a filthy hall. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Around the rim of the cellar, on stone benches, sat the other fortune-seekers, each holding his phosphor candle. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 5] Reference
Zinc or phosphor tin may be used in place of ordinary solder to tin the surfaces or to fill small holes or cracks. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
They will jump on soap boxes (mostly made of phosphor these days) and cry to the heavens that there are conspiracies. From Wordnik.com. [TWO PARTER: CHIZINE COLUMN UP - and if that's not enough - a commentary.] Reference
At the front of each building, a dim phosphor bulb glowed; when darkness fell, they would have nothing else to see by. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
I prepared phosphor paste and laid a trail of this loathsome condiment upon the path trodden every afternoon by my rat. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
The phosphor paste, like arsenic, has added brightness to his eye and brought a beautiful lustre to his smooth brown coat. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
Four years later, he developed a cathode ray tube for image making: a vacuum tube in which electrons illuminate a phosphor. From Wordnik.com. [Breakthrough Science And Tech Inventions] Reference
A phosphor coating on the inside of the bulb absorbs the ultraviolet light, exciting electrons, which then emit visible light. From Wordnik.com. [At Last, Another Bright Idea] Reference
If you replied "Fortune" you were conducted to a sepulchral door where you paid a gigantic fee and were handed a phosphor candle. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 5] Reference
The glow had taken on a color " blue " and as it came closer it became softer, paling the radiance of the phosphor as it mixed with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
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