Applications of Phosphorescence Measurements:

The majority of the applications of phosphorescence measurement have been in the fields of drugs and pharmaceutical and in the analysis of pesticides.  A number of drugs such as, Phenobarbital, procaine, cocaine, chlorpromazine, salicylic acid and a number of sulphonamide drugs exhibit phosphorescence.  The methods have also been used in the determination of a number of drugs in biological samples such as, urine and blood. Phosphorescence measurements have also been used within the determination of air and water pollutants and for the analysis of impurities inside polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum products.