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Title: Looking for a specific substance
Post by: Askywalker on August 02, 2010, 12:24:52 PM

If you know the answer Ill mail you a $10 money order. I'm trying to design a specific security system and I cant give you more details about that. But what I am looking for is  a chemical or compound or substance not sure but I know it can only be seen by a tuned video camera. Its not visible to the human eye. Ive heard it costs around 100k per pound but I don't really know more about it or where to find it. If you have any idea what it is or where to direct me that would be great.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Looking for a specific substance
Post by: Stepan on August 03, 2010, 12:29:28 PM

Give more details about your setup.

Depends on what you are trying to achieve, it can be as simple as: buy colorless clear paint which is fluorescent in UV (black-light); put your camera and UV light side-by-side, when it is dark, the paint mark will give bright yellow or green glow.