Make Glow Sticks - The Science

To make the glow stick mix together the following:

10mL Diethyl Phthalate (solvent)
3mg of fluorescent dye (see below)
50mg TCPO (see below)
100mg sodium acetate
3mL 30% hydrogen peroxide (add last to start reaction)

The fluorescent dye can be 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene for green, Rubrene for yellow, 9,10-diphenylanthracene for blue, and rhodamine B for red.

The chemicals, including the ones to make TCPO were purchased from alfa aesar: http://www.alfa.com

The Rhodamine B and Rubrene dyes were instead purchased from sigma Aldrich: http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/

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+33 1. gpullen commented 12 years ago

Sweet.

How much of each chemical do I need to make the local water park glow green like its full of nuclear waste?! :D
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+4 2. Baboon commented 12 years ago

wonderful :)
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+5 3. ozmasood commented 12 years ago

Funny how I never had any of those questions that "some of us might ask" :x
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+15 4. orion commented 12 years ago

Nice but why is it narrated by a creepy voice that sounds like a broken audio cassete?
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+22 5. cameramaster commented 12 years ago

#1......many years ago somebody dropped a load of potassium permanganate into the fountain part of the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus..which then promptly turned a bright purple/ pink....... which was made even better when there was a sudden cold snap......and the whole lot froze solid....leaving a load of purple ice and icicles.....totally magical it was :D :D
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-7 6. deadhorse commented 12 years ago

Jesus that is a long video.
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+2 7. Limberg commented 12 years ago

#5 can we get a link to that ?
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+3 8. Saxxoo commented 12 years ago

#4 no face, distorted voice... he's a criminal >:)
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+1 9. snotr_user commented 12 years ago

Heisenberg ?
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+1 10. makbeth commented 12 years ago

Krieger....
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+1 11. Itsmrnick commented 11 years ago

Is it poisonous? 8-)