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Hi all, I have had this on my mind for awhile now.
My dad used to make neon signs for a living and one day a man came in and showed him a doughnut shaped glass object. When he would tilt it it would start to glow, which surprised my dad because he had never seen something like that before. To clarify, there were no electrodes or power source attached. The man said he used pure neon and put a blob of mercury into the glass. On the bottom of the doughnut shaped object it was ribbed. From what I have read, it seems like it could be triboluminescence. To be honest I am just very curious how this would work. The man said that they were used by the navy in the ocean, the waves would churn and it would be pretty much constantly glowing. Thanks
My dad used to make neon signs for a living and one day a man came in and showed him a doughnut shaped glass object. When he would tilt it it would start to glow, which surprised my dad because he had never seen something like that before. To clarify, there were no electrodes or power source attached. The man said he used pure neon and put a blob of mercury into the glass. On the bottom of the doughnut shaped object it was ribbed. From what I have read, it seems like it could be triboluminescence. To be honest I am just very curious how this would work. The man said that they were used by the navy in the ocean, the waves would churn and it would be pretty much constantly glowing. Thanks