How to make glow sticks

Make Glow Sticks

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Wear gloves and should probably wear safety spectacles..

This is the nerd version. Super easy but expensive; Very expensive, but a hell of a lot more fun.

You need: 3mL Hydrogen peroxide, 10mL Diethyl phthalate, 100 mg Sodium acetate, 50 mg Bis (2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxolate, also known as TCPO

3mg of 9,10 bis (Phenylethyny) anthracene for green, Rubrene for yellow, 9,10 diphenhylanthracene for blue or Rodamine B for red

All chemicals and dyes can be found on Alfa.com and sigmaaldrich.com

Have somebody sexy hangin around to share with... Sharing is caring, eh? Ehhh!

Have somebody sexy hangin around to share with... Sharing is caring, eh? Ehhh!

Add dye of choice to 10 mL of diethyl phthalate.. I know it looks orange but that'll change\u2026

Add dye of choice to 10 mL of diethyl phthalate.. I know it looks orange but that'll change…

Shake it up baby

Shake it up baby

See it turned a greenish yellow

See it turned a greenish yellow

Add sodium acetate and TCPO shake and

Add sodium acetate and TCPO shake and

Add peroxide

Add peroxide

Shake it up again

Shake it up again

Hope you have fun doing this. And may the force be with you.

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