When a sugar crystal is stressed, the positive and negative charges Of sugar can be thought of as lightning on a very small scale. The electrons of nitrogen molecules (the primary component ofĪir), which emit blue light as they release their energy. Originates from a flow of electrons passing through air, exciting Of sugar (sucrose) is the same as the spectrum of lightning. The spectrum of the light produced from the triboluminescence Usual state, the energy is released in the form of light. In general, luminescence occurs when energy is input into atomsįrom heat, friction, electricity, or other sources. 'to rub,' and the Latin prefix lumin, meaning 'light'. It is basically lightįrom friction, as the term comes from the Greek tribein, meaning Two pieces of a special material together. Triboluminescence is light produced while striking or rubbing While crunching the candy to see the resulting blue sparks. Usually a person looks in a mirror or peers into a partner's mouth The idea is to break the hard, donut-shaped candy in the dark. With triboluminescence using wintergreen-flavored Lifesavers candy.

'For several decades people have been playing in the dark The mirror and chew with your mouth open (or try placing the lifesaverīetween your front teeth and snapping it in half with your teeth Produce the triboluminescence effect by chewing on Wint O Green Two quartz crystals together is a known property of certain crystalsĬalled triboluminescence (see definition below). The mysterious light that is created when you forcefully rub

Lifesaver spark in the dark