to detect high energy particles. Anthracene is colorless but exhibits a blue (400-500 nm peak) fluorescence under ultraviolet radiation.

History and etymology

Crude anthracene (with a melting point of only 180°) was discovered in 1832 by Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Auguste Laurent who crystalized it from a fraction of coal tar later known as "anthracene oil". Since

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