Many people know a viral video that tells how to make a carbonated drink glow. Is this true or a cleverly fabricated forgery? And if the second, is it possible to make a flashlight from soda in other ways?
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, please note that the famous viral video shows a fake. The Mountain Dew drink featured there cannot be made to glow by adding any chemicals to it. In reality, before shooting, the bottle was most likely filled with some other liquid that actually possesses such properties instead of soda.
Step 2
However, one should not be upset. There is another drink that is actually capable of glowing. This is Schweppes. Moreover, you don't have to add anything to it. Just take a bottle with it to a disco where there are ultraviolet lamps, or put it under a regular currency detector. You will see a pleasant bluish-white glow. Do not use for the experiment more dangerous UV sources, such as tanning beds or quartz lamps. Quinine glows in this drink - the very substance that gives it a specific taste. Moreover, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, it is not modified in any way, therefore, even after the Schweppes experience, you can drink without any fear.
Step 3
The authors of the viral video, perhaps even now, do not suspect that in the conditions of Russia, a bottle of their favorite drink Mountain Dew can be made to glow. It is the bottle itself, not the soda in it. Bring it under the same ultraviolet lamp at a disco or a currency detector - and it will glow brightly green. The bottle can be filled with an original drink, it can be empty, or it can contain any other drink or even ordinary water - in all cases the effect will be the same. And if you pour Schweppes into a bottle from Mountain Dew, you get a completely unusual color. The phosphor that makes this effect possible is called fluorescein. It is even easier to make it glow than the quinine found in Schweppes, since not only ultraviolet, but even a blue light source will do.
The American version of the drink is not suitable for the experience, since in the USA it is sold in ordinary bottles, and, moreover, in glass ones. So the authors of the viral video themselves will not be able to repeat this experiment with all their desire.
