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- From: jregehr@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (John David Regehr)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Why does sticky tape glow?
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 08:05:18 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- In article <1h3nc2INN6hn@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> mjb@mulka (Michael Beeching) writes:
- > I was in a photagraphic darkroom the other day trying
- >to transfer some 35mm film onto another canister (someone had
- >wound it back into its holder!) During this process I had to
- >tape the start of the film onto the spindle. When I peeled off
- >some tape, it glowed at the point that was peeling from the roll!
- >I was surprised at this (also a bit worried that I was affecting
- >the film I had at the time) and found the same thing on a completely
- >different type of tape.
- > So whay does this happen? Is it some sort of static thing
- >or what? All possible explainations appreciated!
- >
-
- There was an explanation of this in the "Amateur Scientist" column in
- Scientific American several years ago.
-
- - John
-