Chapter 18: Q33P (page 459)
What is the difference between luminescence and Chemi-luminescence?
Short Answer
Chemi-luminescence is a type of luminescence that occurs during chemical reactions in some substances.
Luminescence is the emission of electromagnetic radiation (mostly light, but also ultraviolet and infrared radiation) which is not excited by a thermal process and elevated temperature of the substance but is due to receiving energy in some other form.