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RE: Blue light emission from certain envelopes
Hi Bjorn !
You did not specify whether the light is visible at some degree of darkness
or in a broad daylight. However, I think - believe - that it is simply a
static electricity discharge; static, sometimes quite strong, being,
commonly, created by a separation of two insulating paper surfaces. Applied
adhesive, sometimes, may add to the insulation properties, thus, probably,
the strength of the static field and the glow.
Regards - Dusan Radosavljevic, Austin, TX
desegnac@swbell.net
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From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Bjorn Cedervall
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:43 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Blue light emission from certain envelopes
Hallo all Radsafers,
I wonder if anyone knows what the physico-chemical reaction is which causes
the blue light when one opens certain envelopes with a self-adhesive
gluelike substance. I was asked this the other day by some layperson -
whether this radiation was dangerous or not and just answered that since it
is visible light it could most probably not do anything bad to you.
Nevertheless, it is unsatisfying not being able to give a more exact answer.
I tried to find some info on the Internet without success. Any comments that
sheds "light" upon the mechanisms are welcome. If longer responses - please
write me directly since this hardly can be a radiation problem.
Bjorn Cedervall bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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