Glow Sticks 6" x 10 (In stock)
Glow sticks 6 inch x 10 comes in mixed or single colours - MIXED - GREEN - RED - PINK - ORANGE - YELLOW. The popular 6 inch glow sticks, a favourite for parties, a festival essential, camping, sleepovers, Halloween... you name it. Guaranteed totally safe light that lasts 8hrs plus from these high quality glow sticks. CE tested and have a shelf life of over 2 years. For ages 3 year and above.
Glow stick trivia - How to make a glowstick.
To make a glow stick you will need the following ingredients.
• 2 litres of distilled water
• 50 mililitres of hydrogen peroxide
• .2 grams of luminol
• 4 grams of sodium carbonate
• .5 grams of ammonium carbonate
• .4 gram copper sulfate pentahydrate
• Protective gloves and eyewear
The ingredients to make a glowstick can be found on the internet, check Google for resources.
Step 1
Combine 1 litre of water with the hydrogen peroxide in a large glass or ceramic mixing bowl.
Step 2
Mix the luminol, copper sulphate, ammonium carbonate and sodium carbonate with 1 litre of water in a second large glass or ceramic mixing bowl.
Step 3
Select a number of clean plastic bottles or test tubes with lids. These will act as tubes for the glosticks - the glow tubes.
Step 4
Pour equal amounts of the two mixtures into the containers and watch them glow.
You have now made glow sticks.
Some of the above ingredients are hazardous and may be harmful if used incorrectly. Gogogloglo does not recommend trying this experiment unless you have experience in chemical usage. It is now easy to buy cheap glow sticks.
It is generally believed that glow sticks were invented in the early 1960s by the chemist Ed Chandeross at Bell Labs while searching for a general way to explain chemiluminescence. However, the value of the discovery was not realised and Michael M. Rauhut and Laszio J. Bollyky of American Cyanamid developed and applied the technology to produce the first glow sticks. According to Wikipedia Ed Chandeross holds the patent for glowsticks.
Glow stick trivia - How to make a glowstick.
To make a glow stick you will need the following ingredients.
• 2 litres of distilled water
• 50 mililitres of hydrogen peroxide
• .2 grams of luminol
• 4 grams of sodium carbonate
• .5 grams of ammonium carbonate
• .4 gram copper sulfate pentahydrate
• Protective gloves and eyewear
The ingredients to make a glowstick can be found on the internet, check Google for resources.
Step 1
Combine 1 litre of water with the hydrogen peroxide in a large glass or ceramic mixing bowl.
Step 2
Mix the luminol, copper sulphate, ammonium carbonate and sodium carbonate with 1 litre of water in a second large glass or ceramic mixing bowl.
Step 3
Select a number of clean plastic bottles or test tubes with lids. These will act as tubes for the glosticks - the glow tubes.
Step 4
Pour equal amounts of the two mixtures into the containers and watch them glow.
You have now made glow sticks.
Some of the above ingredients are hazardous and may be harmful if used incorrectly. Gogogloglo does not recommend trying this experiment unless you have experience in chemical usage. It is now easy to buy cheap glow sticks.
It is generally believed that glow sticks were invented in the early 1960s by the chemist Ed Chandeross at Bell Labs while searching for a general way to explain chemiluminescence. However, the value of the discovery was not realised and Michael M. Rauhut and Laszio J. Bollyky of American Cyanamid developed and applied the technology to produce the first glow sticks. According to Wikipedia Ed Chandeross holds the patent for glowsticks.
