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Question:

When ultraviolet light falls on certain dyes, visible light is emitted. Why does this not happen when infrared?

light falls on these dyes..?

Answer:

Ultraviolet light photons have more energy than visible light photons. A molecule can absorb a UV photon and jump multiple steps upward in energy, then come down in individual steps. Those individual steps are smaller in energy than the original UV frequency and so they might be visible. Now, how do infrared photons compare to visible photons?

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