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You you break a glow stick it will be shorter in size and may not glow well.

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What happens when you snap a glow stick to make it glow?

When you snap a glow stick, a glass vial containing hydrogen peroxide inside the stick breaks, allowing it to mix with a solution containing phenyl oxalate ester and fluorescent dye. This chemical reaction produces light, causing the glow stick to illuminate in the dark.


How do you break a glow stick?

To break a glow stick and activate it, simply bend the stick until you hear a snap, which breaks the inner glass vial. Shake the stick to mix the chemicals inside and activate the glowing reaction. Be cautious when breaking the glow stick to avoid leaking the chemicals onto your skin or clothes.


What happens if you take 2 styrofoam cups and fill one with cold water and one with hot water and drop a glow stick in each?

The glow stick in the cold water will not glow as bright as the glow stick in the hot water because when you cool the glow stick down, the chemical process will slow down. The glow stick in the hot water will glow brighter but for a shorter period of time.


How long does a glow stick glow?

Glow sticks can last over 4 days if you get the right ones. It usually depends on the colour and size of your glow stick. To make the glow stick last longer throw it in the fridge freezer to slow the chemical reaction down.


How long can a glow stick glow?

A typical glow stick can glow for around 6-12 hours, depending on the size and quality of the glow stick. After this time, the chemical reaction that produces the light gradually diminishes and the glow fades away.

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Is breaking a glow stick a chemical or physical change?

It's a chemical change--there's a glass ampule in the glow stick. and it's got one chemical in it. Around it is another chemical. When you break the glow stick the two chemicals mix, and the glow happens.


What has to break before it can begin?

A glow stick maybe?


What is more useful when it is broken?

This was quite hard to answer but after a while i got it, the answer is a glow stick when you break it it glows haha


What happens when you snap a glow stick to make it glow?

When you snap a glow stick, a glass vial containing hydrogen peroxide inside the stick breaks, allowing it to mix with a solution containing phenyl oxalate ester and fluorescent dye. This chemical reaction produces light, causing the glow stick to illuminate in the dark.


What happens if you get glow stick juice in your eye and what should you do?

prepare to die.


How do you break a glow stick?

To break a glow stick and activate it, simply bend the stick until you hear a snap, which breaks the inner glass vial. Shake the stick to mix the chemicals inside and activate the glowing reaction. Be cautious when breaking the glow stick to avoid leaking the chemicals onto your skin or clothes.


What happens if you take 2 styrofoam cups and fill one with cold water and one with hot water and drop a glow stick in each?

The glow stick in the cold water will not glow as bright as the glow stick in the hot water because when you cool the glow stick down, the chemical process will slow down. The glow stick in the hot water will glow brighter but for a shorter period of time.


What happens when a glow stick breaks on your skin?

Nothing happens, just wash it off rite away.


What is a glow stick made of.?

a glow stick is made of egg yolk and then t


What happens when your rat eats a glow stick?

it will need a vet right away or its on death road


Who created glow stick?

The person who invented the glow stick is Thomas Edison


What happens if a baby eats glow stick?

Glow sticks are sorta poisonous, so the baby would be poisoned and would need to get help for it right away.