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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
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Posted: Fri Jul  8 11:01:30 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 13:52:27 EDT
Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA
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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
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