How do glowsticks glow?

<p><strong>#067</strong></p><p>Guess what time of year it is. It's spooky time! One thing we see a lot of during this time of year, is things that glow. And you better believe that's chemistry. So how do glowsticks glow? How does bending the glowsticks start that process? What's mixing with what, and seriously how the heck does it glow? Let's find out.</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/cfyl-merch">NEW MERCH AVAILABLE NOW</a> &lt;- only until November 30! </p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li>Organic Chemistry, Solomons 11e </li> <li>Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Daniel C. Harris</li> <li>Simple Glowmatography: Chromatographic Separation of GlowStick Dyes Using Chalk - Thomas S. Kuntzleman,* Kasey R. Bunker, and Ashlee A. Bartlett</li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/fluorescence">https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/fluorescence</a></li> <li><a href="https://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/demonstrations/videos/anatomy-of-a-glowstick/glowstick.pdf">https://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/chemistry/demonstrations/videos/anatomy-of-a-glowstick/glowstick.pdf</a></li> <li>Glowmatography - Thomas S. Kuntzleman,* Anna E. Comfort, and Bruce W. Baldwin<p><br></p> </li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/chemforyourlife">Facebook</a> @ChemForYourLife.<br>Email us at <a>chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a><br>And check out our chill, simple little website at <a href="https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/">https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/</a><br>And seriously, we love using Transistor. <a href="https://transist