From: knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp)
Subject: Chemiluminescence references was Re: Glowing Light Stick, how  ...
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:45:03 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.214754.23523@news.nd.edu> treesh@bach.helios.nd.edu (carey treesh) writes:
>Sorry if this comes out twice, I posted this the other day, but I dont think
>it got past our news server.
>
>I was wondering if anyone can tell me how these light sticks work?  What
>chemicals are they using, and how dose this reaction take place?  Is it
>possible to make my own rather they have to buy them from a supplier? 
>Would it be cost effective?  
>
>Cylume us the only manufacture I have ever seen to produce "chemical light"
>and I was wondering how its done?
>

What the heck. Here are the results of a quick search on literature for
chemiluminescence info. Ignore the call numbers, obviously, unless you're
looking to visit Boulder! I think #7 had a good description of the most
common reactions.


  1 International Sympos                               CU   SCIENC         1991
     Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence :  current QP517.C54  I57 1990

  2 Weeks I                                            CU   SCIENC         1991
     Chemiluminescence immunoassay                    QD75  .W75 vol. 29

  3 Chasteen Thomas Gira                               CU   SCIENC         1990
     Fluorine-induced chemiluminescence detection of  T  1990  .C389

  4 McNamara Elizabeth A                               CU   SCIENC         1989
     The superconductor Perovskite YB  C   7 as a cat T  1990  .M232

  5                                                    CU   SCIENC         1989
     Chemiluminescence and photochemical reaction det QD79.C4  C44 1989

  6 Poulsen James Robert                               CU   SCIENC         1988
     Photochemical and chemiluminescent reaction dete T  1988  .P864

  7 Campbell Anthony K                                 CU   SCIENC         1988
     Chemiluminescence :  principles and applications QP517.C54  C36 1988

  8 Tavernier Jenifer El                               CU   see record     1987
     Fluorine-induced chemiluminescence detection of  T  1987  .T198

  9 Shearer Randall Lee                                CU   SCIENC         1987
     The application of redox chemiluminescence detec T  1987  .Sh31

 10 Gundermann Karl Diet                               CU   SCIENC         1987
     Chemiluminescence in organic chemistry           QD 505.8 G86 1987

 11 Kochelap V A Via                                   CU   SCIENC         1986
     Teoriia spontannoi i stimulirovannoi khemiliumin QD505.8  .K63 1986

 12 Upschulte Bernard Lo                               CU   MA-PHY         1986
     Thermodynamics, kinetics, and chemiluminescence  T 1986. U P7

 13                                                    CU   SCIENC         1985
     Chemi-and bioluminescence                        QD 505.8 C47 1985

 14                                                    CU   SCIENC         1985
     Gas-phase chemiluminescence and chemi-ionization QD 505.8 G37 1985

 15 Nyarady Stefan Alan                                CU   SCIENC         1985
     Reduction-oxidation chemiluminescence detection  T  1986  . N98

 16                                                    CU   SCIENC         1985
     Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence :  instrum QP517.C54  B56 1985

 17 Mishalanie Elizabeth                               CU   SCIENC         1985
     Fluorine-induced chemiluminescence detection of  T 1985. M687

 18 Sigvardson Kenneth W                               CU   SCIENC         1984
     Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection in liq T 1984. S I27

 19 International Sympos                               CU   SCIENC         1984
     Analytical applications of bioluminescence and c QH 641. I58 1984

 20 Nelson Julie Kathryn                               CU   SCIENC         1984
     Fluorine-induced chemiluminescence detection of  T 1984. N333

 21 Bollinger Mark Jeffr                               CU   SCIENC         1983
     Chemiluminescent measurements of the oxides of n T 1982. B638
 22                                                    CU   SCIENC         1982
     Chemical and biological generation of excited st QH 641. C47 1982

 23 Smith Mark Alan                                    CU   SCIENC         1982
     Infrared chemiluminescence and neutral products  T 1982. S M62

 24 Hill Elizabeth Ann                                 CU   SCIENC         1981
     The detection of ozone-induced chemiluminescence T 1981. H551

 25 Aharon Katzir Katcha                               CU   SCIENC         1981
     Luminescence from biological and synthetic macro Q 11. N6 V366

 26 Vanderzanden John Wa                               CU   SCIENC         1981
     Chemiluminescence in the reactions of C1 with C1 T 1981. V286

 27                                                    CU   see record     1978
     Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence            QP 601. C733 V57

 28 Gundermann Karl Diet                               CU   SCIENC         1968
     Chemilumineszenz organischer Verbindungen;  Erge QD 499. G8

 29 Akademiia nauk SSSR                                CU   SCIENC         1968
     Chemiluminescence techniques in chemical reactio QD 501. A35453

 30 National research co                               CU   MA-PHY NORBAS  1927
     Chemiluminescence;  report of the Subcommittee o 535.1  .N21

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