Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trw-unix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trw-unix!pwb From: pwb@trw-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: CURAD light Message-ID: <357@trw-unix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 11:01:30 EDT Article-I.D.: trw-unix.357 Posted: Fri Jul 8 11:01:30 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 13:52:27 EDT Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 12 A question for the physics and chemistry types out there. The other morning I was opening a CURAD (tm) bandaid and thought I saw something other than the glue parting as I opened the bandaid. I pressed the two paper halves (of the cover) back togeather, went into a bathroom with no windows, shut the door and reopened the bandaid. What I saw was a distinct blueish-purple light along the line of separation of the two paper halves. Also, the light is brightest where the adhesion of the glue is the strongest (i.e. along the edges). Static electricity? If so, what is it about glue being pulled apart that causes the static electricity? Phil Bonesteele, TRW E&DS {decvax,ucbvax}!trw-unix!pwb