Just out of curiosity, what exactly did you have in mind?:dubious:
I thought that I would dump the contents into my hand and maybe they’ll glow for a while, and I can go around scaring unsuspecting family members like that. Or use the liquid to draw things on my face or wall, whichever is closer.
I think glowing liquids, despite their intrinsic coolness, is best used to solicit the shocked reaction of others.
Does your face ebb and flow like the tides or something?
Yes, it does.
He is the One In All and the All In One.
He is the gate.
He is the key in the gate.
I used to do this all the time to the glow sticks I bought at the roller rink when I was a kid. Then I’d hide them in my brother’s room and he’d wake up in the night seeing this weird glowing green thing in the corner…
I think it is unlikely that they would use trichlorophenol in a product labeled as nontoxic. The chlorine does nothing specific for the chemiluminescence. Electron withdrawing groups will make the reaction faster, so you may get a brighter but shorter lasting stick. Newer dyes may have made the chlorine unnecessary.
As for the decomposition of 1,2-dioxetanedione, I don’t really trust the biradical mechanism that wikipedia proposes. I’m certain that is what happens without the dye, but I have difficulty imagining how the triplet state would get transferred to the dye. I think it is much more likely that an eximer or some type of complex is involved.
My toddler son bit into one and cracked it open last year. It said non-toxic on the package but I didn’t know what was in them so I called poison control. They told me it was not likely to be a problem other than maybe giving him a little stomachache if he ingested enough, and to just rinse his mouth out with water.
They said they get this call often around Halloween, and considering these things are marketed to kids, and the love for Halloween danger stories, I am sure if they were poison or really dangerous the e-mail forwards would have started by now! Actually, I am surprised they haven’t started either way considering how valid most Halloween kid danger stories are. But I have yet to hear a “child poisoned by glow stick meant to keep him safe…details at 11” headline.
FTR, He complained of his tongue feeling funny (prob. burning) but nothing else happened.
Can you now see into the souls of men?
What I want to know is - did his crap glow in the toilet the following day? :o
Si
Chlorinated phenols are used in TCP - you know, the antiseptic that you can use to rinse your mouth out with and gargle for sore throats.
If there’s broken glass in these things, I’d worry about someone swallowing that even if the liquid is completely nontoxic. Liquid with broken glass in it isn’t something I’d consider safe for kids to play with, either.
Funny story:
[SATURDAY NIGHT] Heyhomie is at church, supervising some children’s event of some kind. Many of the kids have glow-sticks. One of the girls (about 11-12 at the time) strikes up a conversation with me while holding her glow-stick.
ME: Do you know what happens if you crack open a glow-stick and swallow the goo inside?
GIRL: No, what?
ME: Your poop glows in the dark.
GIRL: Ewww! :eek: Stop talking about poop! [stomps off] :mad:
[SUNDAY MORNING] Heyhomie is at church, milling about before the service, greeting friends and such. Girl from the night before walks up to me.
GIRL: :mad: I tried what you told me and it didn’t work! :mad: [stomps off]
ME: :eek:
My lovely wife worked for quite a while in a contracr toxicology lab. Thet got a job to test the stuff inside glow-sticks for vaginal irritation. The vendor said it was a customer request.
Well, you’ll be happy to know…glow goo is not vaginally irritating (I can’t speak to the little bits of broken glass).
As to the follow up question…they use female beagles
How about urethras?