Fascinating school experiments with fluorescent dyes

Matthias Ducci^1,

¹Department of Chemistry, University of Education Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

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Matthias Ducci. Fascinating school experiments with fluorescent dyes. World Journal of Chemical Education. 2023; 11(3):74-79. doi: 10.12691/WJCE-11-3-9

Abstract

The world is colourful – at least from our perspective as humans. But where does colour come from? The present paper addresses this question and, in its first part, presents new experiments on additive colour mixing with fluorescent solutions. In addition, further school experiments with impressive fluorescence effects are described.

Keywords

fluorescence, additive colour mixing, fountain experiment, invisible ink, alginate beads

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