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Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Spectrometry
Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (GDS) provides a rapid, direct bulk analysis and depth profiling analysis of solids: metals, powders, polymers, glasses and ceramics. Glow Discharge Optical Emission ...
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How does glow-in-the-dark stuff work?
An explanation of how glow in the dark objects get their eerie shine.
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How do glow in the dark objects work?
The Naked Scientists tackle glow in the dark objects in their weekly podcast.
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How and why do objects glow in the dark?
Physicists from the University of Illinois explain why objects glow in the dark.
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How do glow-in-the-dark stickers work?
A simple explanation of how glow in the dark stickers work.
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Triboluminescence
Short description of why sweets glow in the dark when they're crushed. Explains triboluminescence in terms of excited gases.
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Wintergreen candy and other triboluminescent materials
This web page summarises the investigations of Prof Linda Sweeting into a variety of tribiluminescent materials including sugary sweets, envelopes and sticky tape. It also contains a good ...
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