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. 1972 Nov-Dec;76A(6):593–606. doi: 10.6028/jres.076A.052

Table 3.

Lifetimes of some fluorescence standards

Sample Lifetime (ns) Reference
Quinine, 0.1 N H2SO4 19.5 Weber [67]
Quinine, 1.0 N H2SO4 19.2 Berlman [66]
 Do 19.4 Ware and Baldwin [40]
 Do 20.1 Birks and Dyson [41]
 Do 20.5 Metcalf, cited in [41]
Quinine, 10.0 N H2SO4 21.8 Present work
Quinine, 1.07 N H2SO4. 20.4 Do.
Quinine, 0.1 N H2SO4 19.0 Present work, also [65]
Quinine, 0.2 M Tris-NO pH 8… 17.2 Do.
Fluorescein, dilute NaOH or KOH. 4.62 Ware and Baldwin [40]
 Do 4.6 Szymanowski [68]
 Do 4.6 Metcalf [69]
 Do 4.8 Bennett [70]
 Do 4.8 Brody[73]
 Do 4.8 Kirchhoff[74]
 Do 4.8 Maercks [75]
 Do 4.5 Bailey and Rollefson
[71]
 Do 4.5 Chen et al. [65]
 Do 4.2 Weber [67]
 Do 4.0 Brewer et al. [72]
 Do 4.0 Strickler and Berg [39]
 Do 3.83 Müller et al. [6]
9,10-Diphenylanthracene, cyclohexane, not de-aerated. 6.7 Present work
9,10-Diphenylanthracene, cyclohexane, de-aerated. 9.35 Berlman [66]
 Do 10.0 Amata et al. [76]
2-Aminopyridine,0.1 yVH2SO4 12.7 Present work
1-Dimethylaminonaphthalene-5-sulfonate, 0.1 M NaHCO3. 13.8 Chen et al. [65]
 Do 13.6 Föirster and Rokos [77]