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• #Wintergreen lifesavers spark in the dark license#

Native Americans brewed a tea from the leaves to alleviate rheumatic symptoms, headache, fever, sore throat, and various aches and pains. Wintergreen berries, from Gaultheria procumbens, are used medicinally. Wintergreens in the genus Gaultheria contain an aromatic compound, methyl salicylate, and are used as a mintlike flavoring. Most species of the shrub genus Gaultheria demonstrate this characteristic and are called Wintergreens in North America, the most common generally being the American Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). The term “evergreen” is now more commonly used for this characteristic. The term “Wintergreen” once commonly referred to plants that remain green (continue photosynthesis) throughout the winter. Here is a video showcasing examples of the spark effect: LIFE SAVER LIGHTNING (Triboluminescence Slow Motion) – Smarter Every DayĪs for Wintergreen itself, it is possessed of a fantastically-strong mint flavor, yet is despite all that not a mint at all! Wintergreen is actually a group of aromatic plants.

In our experiment the Wintergreen in the mint absorbs a lot of UV energy that we can’t see, and emits greenish-blue light which we can see, so it appears much brighter to us. Fluorescent molecules can absorb energy of short wavelengths and emit their own light at a longer wavelength. This is because Wintergreen, the flavoring used in these mints, is a natural fluorescent dye called methyl salicylate. You should have noticed that the flash of light from the Wint-O-Green Life Saver was significantly brighter, and may have also seemed to last a little longer.

Most of the light energy is emitted in the ultraviolet (UV) part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which is just outside the range of light that is visible to humans, but fortunately there is a bit of violet and blue light that we can see. These plasma ions can then slam into other molecules and transfer energy which causes them to emit photons of light. Since electrons have a negative electrical charge and the protons in the nucleus have a positive charge, separating these charges can create an electrical field strong enough to rip electrons off gas molecules in the air, a process called ionization, and creates a localized plasma.

Many materials, like the sugar in this experiment, have a very special crystalline structure that causes electrons to be ripped away from the nucleus of their atoms. Triboluminescence is not very well understood by scientists, but most think it is similar to the lightning you see during storms or during one of our cool electricity demonstrations, which is actually a type of plasma discharge. If you’re a certain age and like me used to enjoy the Wintergreen-flavored Life Savers candies, you know how strong that mint flavor is – and the unique sparks that resulted when you bit down on them! The explanation is well-expounded on : Fear not, the Hetman of Heritage Recipes, YOUR TFD – as always – has your back!įew recipes of the past hold the combined nostalgia, comfort and sheer deliciousness of butter mints, but mine are no mere pedestrian butter mint – no, this superlative recipe from the fevered imagination of your Beloved Leader instead focuses on a nearly lost flavor from the past: Wintergreen! My Citizens, we are sadly now entering the next surge of the pandemic, and the world’s population is once again retreating back into their cocoons of safety and seeking comfort foods to assuage fear and fatigue.

#Wintergreen lifesavers spark in the dark license#

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