Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by philipkglass on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @05:35PM
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I think that your friend was pulling your leg. The oxalate esters and hydrogen peroxide in a glow stick shouldn't be ingested, though the actual dye that gets excited to fluorescence would be relatively harmless. I also wouldn't expect the concentrations of active materials to remain high enough in urine for the glow reaction to be noticeable, even if all the chemicals were excreted unchanged.
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Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by refurb on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:51PM
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Plus hydrogen peroxide is not that stable in acidic condition (i.e. your stomach) and your body is fully of peroxidases that catalytically breakdown peroxides quite quickly.
Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by DennisP on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:52PM
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He was referring to the military version, would that be the same?
It would not be surprising if he was pulling my leg, we were a group of practical jokers. And this story made me swear off ever doing anything to him; in retrospect maybe that was the intent.
Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by philipkglass on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:06PM
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Yes, military glow sticks use the same basic chemistry: hydrogen peroxide, diphenyl oxalate or analogs, various excitable dyes that actually produce the different colors.
Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by thret on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:05AM
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Yep, glow sticks are glow sticks. Ours come in fancy camo packaging though so you know they're suitable for lighting the portaloo.
Re:Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards
by mrguyorama on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:18PM
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Check out NileRed's video [0] for some great info. He is a young chemist who produces chemistry videos on youtube and goes into detail of things while still being understandable for someone who did well in high school chemistry