11 Jul
2007
11 Jul
'07
5:23 p.m.
On 11 Jul 2007 at 18:56, John Foust wrote:
Hadn't heard of those:
http://home.earthlink.net/~lenyr/borax.htm
but they look interesting. So why do they glow?
I remember my father telling me about the borax-and-aluminum "battery
eliminator" he used as a boy.
My guess is that the glow is for the same reason as the glowing
pickle--you get tiny steam bubbles and an arc that ionizes the vapor
within.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/31/howto_make_a_glowing.html
Cheers,
Chuck