Glowing Band-Aids?!?!

Cornkid · Jun 20, 2006

Take a Johnson&Johnson Band-Aid and open it (pretty quickly) by peeling the two layers of paper apart in a completely dark room.

You will see a soft glow form between the two sheets... WIERD!

triboluminescence
-tom

Mike Painter · Jun 20, 2006

Wintergreen(?) life savers.
Dark room.
Mirror
Crunch with mouth open.
Sparks.

Mednanu · Jun 20, 2006

Hit thumb with hammer.....glows Red almost immediately.

Taylorf · Jun 20, 2006

Interesting, I will have to go try this.

greenLED · Jun 20, 2006

Cornkid said:
Take a Johnson&Johnson Band-Aid and open it (pretty quickly) by peeling the two layers of paper apart in a completely dark room.

You will see a soft glow form between the two sheets...

...static discharge?

Norm · Jun 20, 2006

The same thing happens when opening some envelopes.

See Here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15120417.600.html

chesterqw · Jun 20, 2006

i was thinking glow-in-the-dark band aids...

but hey, those above are true things and can be tried(not the hammer one for me though)

Diesel_Bomber · Jun 20, 2006

Mednanu said:
Hit thumb with hammer.....glows Red almost immediately.

Glowing Band-Aids?!?!

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