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Claim
Alexa Fluor 594, a molecule that glows red under UV light.
Correction
Alexa Fluor 594 is normally excited by visible light around 590 nm, not ultraviolet light.
Full reasoning
Thermo Fisher lists Alexa Fluor 594 with an excitation/emission maximum of 590/618 nm. A 590 nm excitation wavelength is in the visible range, not the ultraviolet range. NIST defines ultraviolet radiation as wavelengths from 100 nm to 380 nm. So describing Alexa Fluor 594 as a dye that glows red under UV light is inaccurate; it is a red fluorophore typically excited by orange/yellow visible light.
2 sources
- Alexa Fluor Brand Overview | Thermo Fisher Scientific - US
Alexa Fluor 594 590/618 Texas Red
- Ultraviolet (Uv) | NIST
Electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 100 nm ... to 380 nm