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INVISIBLE TAPE

Peeling back Scotch tape emits not only blue light from breaking chemical bonds, but also invisible X-rays from separating positive and negative charge. Credit: Carlos Camara, Juan Escobar and Seth Putterman

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  • Fascinating, you can film the process on a mobile to see the blue flash running along the tape and lighting it up, but the X-ray, now where is that celluloid roll of film...
    mat trix mat trix
    Oct. 11, 2010 at 2:21am
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