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Why do wintergreen candies spark in the dark?
Short and accessible explanation of triboluminescence using crunching sugary sweets as an example.
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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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