Research Article
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Fascinating school experiments with fluorescent dyes

Matthias Ducci
Department of Chemistry, University of Education Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2023, 11(3), 74-79. DOI: 10.12691/wjce-11-3-9
Received July 13, 2023; Revised August 14, 2023; Accepted August 22, 2023

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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