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buffyuk | 11:24 Tue 11th Apr 2006 | Science
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Any idea of household substances that glow really bright under uv light. obviously uv pens etc. but any general substances?
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Tonic Water, teeth, fingernails all fluoresce - but be carefulif testing the last two!
12:38 Tue 11th Apr 2006
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Fabric washing products contain Fluorescent Whitening Agents (for a "brilliant white"). Any white/light clothing washed in these products will glow under UV light.

13:06 Tue 11th Apr 2006
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The mineral fluorite, (which is actually a common substance around 'Pod Towers), will 'glow' under UV light, as do many other minerals (which are also common round this household). It is from this mineral that the word 'fluorescence' (meaning to luminesce under UV light) comes from.
21:35 Tue 11th Apr 2006

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