Patent ID: 7150839

Claim:
A fluorescent material comprising a mixture of: one or more metal compound(s) selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide, wherein the metal compound(s) comprise from about 11 percent to about 67 percent by weight of the fluorescent material; one or more carbohydrate(s) selected from the group consisting of sugar(s), corn starch, potato starch, amphoteric starch, ethylated starch and modified starches, wherein the carbohydrate(s) comprise from about 1 percent to about 67 percent by weight of the fluorescent material; and one or more organic acid(s) selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, and terephthalic acid, wherein the organic acid(s) comprise from about 11 percent to about 67 percent by weight of the fluorescent material.