How have I never heard of triboluminescence before

>>8922704
you are an uneducated brainlet peasant, that's how

>>8922712
Wow dude super rude

Is this why those shitty mints always felt like they were electrocuting my mouth when i bit through them right out of the package?

>>8922776
From what I understand, it just produces light, not electricity. So I dont know what youve been eating. Might wanna see a doctor.

>>8922704
you didn't hit things with hammers when you were young?

>>8922791
Well the phenomenon of triboluminescence is the breaking of chemical bonds, so if those mints (I have no experience with them) contain compounds that react with pressure or force, then I'd think that it's possible the release of energy could be interpreted as feeling 'electrical' to someone.

>>8922814
the phenomena probably lasts for microseconds and the pressure your jaw could exert wouldn't come close to what's necessary for it to release light which would not feel like anything at all to you anyway

>>8922817
> the pressure your jaw could exert wouldn't come close to what's necessary for it to release light
lol
you never bit mints in the dark?

>>8922824
lol no does it work

>>8922817
>wouldn't come close to what's necessary for it to release light
I don't think you understand the scale of what we're talking about here.

>>8922817
Yeah, I'm not familiar with the mints, but it's not like I think there's any kind of bond breaking that can be done by one's jaw, it's just possible that relatively reactive chemicals could be arranged in a stable structure in a typical mint that could be activated through biting it, or through pressure in general.

Not saying that's how it is, because I don't know what mints are made of, but I can't discount the possibility of it.

>>8922826
yes.
usually you have to have someone else looking in your mouth.

>>8922831
The human jaw can produce a lot of pressure, but as I understand the pressure needed it's not that much, the issue it's to actually see that light produced while the mint it's inside your mouth or in general cause it's really fast.

>>8922831
>not like I think there's any kind of bond breaking that can be done by one's jaw
Yes it can, when you break a crystal you are destroying the bonds between molecules inside of it. This creates light because electrons move between atoms for a short time during this intermolecular bond breaking and release light during this.

Just tried this with a few soft mints (its all i have) and was unsuccessful

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>>8922704
>>8922883
When I was a kid, we used to do this trick all the time by biting down on the mint. We couldn't actually see the light it produced unless we were in a dark place with a mirror, which is what my childhood home bathroom was like since it was in the center of the house and had no windows. Also, we only ever did it with the hard Lifesavers mints, and even then, we still had to bite down on it with it standing upright like in pic related to get the desired effect. Though it took a bit of practice to get right, it still didn't work sometimes, but those mints come in packages of over 100, so if we really wanted to see it, we could see it.

The flash of light is just that: a flash. You don't even realize you saw it until right after. I imagine that since it only happens when the mint breaks, the luminescent bit is traveling at the speed of sound through the mint and so it lasts for the corresponding duration.

If anyone cba, get a camera, some life savers mints, and a webm converter to give us plebeians a demonstration. Remember to keep your lips open when you shut your jaw, and try your best to keep the mint upright when you break it. Hopefully, a standard camera will be able to record it.

>>8922930
This is pretty neat. The faster you can break it, the brighter the light will get. I wonder if different materials would illuminate different colors rather than blue?

https://youtu.be/tW8q_JfmcbU

>>8922930
Hold up, I managed to get it to spark. I'll see if I can get it on camera.

>>8922969
I think quartz produces a white light when you shatter it.

>>8922930
I got it to work with duct tape. Just fold it and tape it to itself and pull it apart. Wasnt able to get a recording though. If you got some duct tape lying around try it yourself. Pretty cool