[Noisebridge-discuss] glowsticks (UV-Reactive Oil)

[Patrick Keys]

Glowstick chemistry is just 3 ingredients:
* hydrogen peroxide
* cylalume (a trade name for diphenyl oxalate)
* colored dye

Hydrogen peroxide is cheap, about a gallon for a few bucks.
Cyalume and dye aren't all that expensive, either.
All ingredients are non-toxic.
Cyalume numbs you up a bit if it comes in contact with your skin.

If you can control the release of the peroxide to mix with the cyalume 
for timing of the reaction, that's a much better visual effect than 
anything else you can conjure.


Patrick




On 12/6/2010 3:12 PM, Hephaestus wrote:
> Hey Hackers,
>
> Does anyone know of a UV-Reactive Oil or any other substance (that's
> less than massively toxic) which is UV-Reactive and not water-soluble?
> I'd like to build a lighting effect which is a tube of clear liquid
> (water?) with bubbles of another UV-Reactive liquid floating up
> through it.
>
> --
> Heph
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