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Offline bigdog889

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Cyalume
« on: August 21, 2006, 04:42:15 AM »
Hello,

I was thinking of a cool experiment for a high school chemistry class that I work with and thought that trying to make a glowing reaction or glow sticks would be fun. I have found a recipe on how to make them but I ant find a part I need. It calls for hydrogen -peroxide which iIcan buy any local store but does any one know where to find a substance call Cyalume? if any one knows where I could buy some of this it would help me out a great deal.

Thanks

-Bob
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Re: Cyalume
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2006, 03:56:18 PM »
Thats probably a trade name not a chemical name. Try to figure out what the chemical name is.
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Re: Cyalume
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 04:29:17 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyalume

332,000 hits from Google. Not that I have found any sellers, but I have not looked for.

http://www.madphysics.com/exp/science_of_glowsticks.htm

Says to just dissasemble glowstick.
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Re: Cyalume
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2006, 08:33:10 PM »
yea i saw that off of wikipedia it says the name is also Phenyl oxalate ester or Diphenylethandioate

Chemical formula =  C14 H10 O4
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Re: Cyalume
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2006, 08:52:15 PM »
hmm intresting after further research i might have come accross something.

C14H10O4

isnt that the formula for Benzoyl peroxide?
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Re: Cyalume
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2006, 12:09:05 AM »
It is, but I'm sure you know that a different structure can mean a totally different set of characteristics.
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