Make a Glow Stick Reaction Using Real Chemicals

Can CPPO be plugged straight into this formula instead of TCPO and have the same proportions? If not, how would the proportions change? By the way, I'm conducting an experiment varying the organic solvent (ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, butyl acetate, isopropyl acetate), and I am using the same proportion as shown in your video, "Make Glow Sticks - The Science". Help as soon as possible is appreciated.

f i add more hydrogen peroxide to the rest of the chemicals needed to make the glowsticks glow what would happen

Hi! Tell me please, can I use anthracene to get the luminescence?

Is this toxic? Is it safe to say, splatter your clothes for an hourly night glow? Safe to touch? Thanks.

What is the point of using a voice changer for this?

Anyway, really nice reaction!

omg this is amazing but its not what i`m looking for is there anyway the solution can be thickened to make it into a paint like liquid for clubbing or gigs

May 31, 2009. 7:48 PMterminator_chemsays: and dude i found another reaction to make a glow liquid can you verify if this procedure is safe....im copy pastin the requirements and procedure...i think if u can tell u will help a lot of ppl;-If you don't have luminol than you are in a big problem if you want to make glowsticks. I made a glowing liquid half year ago it was glowing with a red color, the recipe is here: 1. Mix a solution of: a. 40mL distilled water b. 0.8g hydroxide c. 25g K2CO3 d. 1g pyrogallol e. 10 mL standard 37% methanal ("formaldehyde") all in a beaker too large for overflow 2. Darken the room 3. Add 30 mL standard 30% hydrogen peroxide Notes : The red glow is due to the oxidation of pyrogallol and methanal in alkaline peroxide. Either on its own should work but it works better if you use both. Pyrogallol is highly toxic. And if you add the H2O2 too fast it will boil and a lot of formaldehyde will get in to the air what is not so good. This thing is glowing until you add H2O2 to the mix. If you add it fast than it will have a strong light, if you add slow, than it will have a weak light. //I know that tis is not an easy recipe, but is is cheaper and easier than the other ones. You won't make glowstick easier. sum1 posted this recepie....can u tell every1 on instructables if it is safe or not....cause he isnt even using luminol....!!!!!

When the glow eventually fades is it gone for good or can the solution be charged by exposing it to light?

dude can u pls help me my question is on the other video si..........and i really need ur help......muchos gracias though!

that is awesome

It seems all the stuff is reasonable. But I guess I didn't believe how expensive TCPO is... 800mg looks like 100 bucks? is it the same thing? Bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) Oxalate Oxalic Acid bis(2,4,6-Trichlorophenyl) Ester C14H4Cl6O4 F.W. 448.90 CAS: 1165-91-9 Have you made a video on how to make it yet? or know of a cheaper place?

Please answer as much as you can... I found a sight for chemicals to make this. Can you further explain a mixture difference between few min and hour long mixtures. You mentioned solvents making the difference right? but when it last minutes is it that much brighter? I plan to make this stuff to put in an air tight Polycarbonate tube... (escrima stick) for either demos (minutes but showier) or night practice (hours but only visibility). I would only want to make both kinds if the minutes one was a lot brighter. other wise I'd only make the hours one for both. I know temperature can change intensity with longevity but I don't wanna freeze and boil my stick every time I feel like slowing/dimming or speeding/brightning. Does ethyl acetate as the solvent make it really bright? And shorten as a trade off? or is it and diethyl phthalate the same brightness but ethyl acetate last longer (and thus better but probably more expensive)? And How else may I manipulate your formula to burn out the brightness stronger but shorter. Or make it last but be weaker? How does disolving with water effect making bulk filler but less brightness? How does dyes effect time? I think I saw some were that some dyes make just as huge a difference. like # 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene supposidly burns in 30 min were # 2-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene does it in 12 hours. I can't find the dye you listed "9,10-bis(phenyethynyl) anthracene" I only found "9,10-Bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene" at the store. How would this effect it differently? How do I make white? I seen somewere I think that you must use a dye or it won't work. What do I use instead of 9,10-bis(phenyethynyl) anthracene that may make white but may be at that store i found. And what time will it last. I guess these questions lead to this goal if that makes it easier. I would like to have a bright/quick formula and a dim/long formular. Of either white or blue on either one. Doesn't matter which color goes with which motabolism (or what ever would describe it best). And it doesn't matter if both are different colors or both are the same. As long as they are white or blue. (prefer white), and as long as they have different "motabolisms" Thanx.

is Luminol the component that could stand in for this one (TCPO)? I heard it doesn't work as well. But it seems much cheaper... If so what proportion should I use and how much weaker would the same proportion make?