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Everyone's familiar with glow sticks, but it's likely that fewer are familiar with the chemistry behind their glow. You may have wondered what happens when you snap a glow stick to activate it; by doing this, you're actually kicking off a chemical process that eventually leads to the production of the coloured light. But how does…
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