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How glow sticks work

How glow sticks work

If you’re interested in using glow sticks and other glowing products to add some light and entertainment to an event or just to have in case of a power outage or other emergency, you might be curious as to how they work. Understanding glow sticks requires a knowledge of their history, which begins in the 1960s. A chemist named Edwin Chandross developed glow sticks as a means of explaining the idea of chemiluminescence – that chemicals can emit intense light…

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