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    What chemical is in a glow stick that makes it glow?

    Question #43364. Asked by mochyn. (Jan 14 04 3:38 PM)


    elizabethmc

    		hydrogen peroxide and phenyl oxalate ester

    http://www.howstuffworks.com/light-stick2.htm

    Jan 14 04, 3:55 PM

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