Fluorescent Glow Sticks 24cm HandLight™

The ConcertStick™ glow stick: accessory for your parties, concerts and festivals!

Forget lighters or cell phones, the trend is for the glow stick! Concerts, festivals, this stick creates a crazy festive atmosphere. In red, green, pink, yellow or blue, shake the glow stick to the beat of the music. 24cm long, with one end for your hand, so you don't lose any brightness and your stick stays ultra-bright from 8am to 12pm!

How do glow sticks work?

Glow sticks work through a process called chemiluminescence. This process generates light from a chemical reaction without producing any significant heat. Here's how it works in detail:

Glow sticks typically contain two separate chemical solutions. One is enclosed in a glass tube inside the plastic stick, and the other solution fills the rest of the stick.

To activate the light stick, bend it until the inner glass tube breaks. This allows the two solutions to mix.

Chemical reaction:

    - One of the solutions often contains hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂).

    - The other solution usually contains an oxalate ester (such as phenol ester) and a fluorescent dye.

    - When hydrogen peroxide comes into contact with the oxalate ester, a peroxidation reaction occurs, generating carbon dioxide and energy.

The energy produced by this chemical reaction is transferred to the fluorescent dye molecules. These molecules then enter an excited state, returning to their ground state and releasing energy in the form of visible light.

The color of the light emitted depends on the type of fluorescent dye used. Different dyes emit different wavelengths of light, producing different colors.

Glow sticks are popular because they are simple to use, produce bright light without the need for electricity or batteries, and are relatively safe, although the chemicals inside are not intended to be ingested or come into contact with the skin.