User:Jspicker/Sandbox

I stumbled upon this page in the process of trying to figure out why I would need to bring in my phosphorescent garden decorations in freezing temperatures, as instructed in the package insert provided with the items. This extremely “lay” application may not have occurred to the original writer(s) of this page but, as these types of items are becoming increasingly popular, this may not be the last time you hear about it. Anyway, I was able to find on another site that phosphorescence is temperature dependent but there wasn’t much of an explanation beyond that. I don’t know if keeping the items from freezing is to prevent damage to the items or just because the phosphorescent process is inefficient in freezing temperatures. (Also, I will add that your explanation of the physics involved in phosphorescence is quite interesting but I wasn’t really in the frame of mind this time around to concentrate hard enough to really digest it. I’m a biologist so not unversed in scientific process but I never got comfortable with physics.)