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Glow in the Dark Mountain Dew Materials
- 20-oz bottle of Mountain Dew™ (but any 20-oz bottle will work)
- glowstick or lightstick
- scissors or wirecutters
- dishwashing liquid (I used Dawn™)
- hydrogen peroxide
- baking soda
- Pour out or drink all but a small volume of the soft drink (~1/4 inch). If your bottle is empty, add a little water.
- Add a squirt of dishwashing liquid.
- Use scissors or wirecutters to cut the glowstick. (I do not recommend using a steak knife, but if it's all you can find, it will work.)
- Empty the contents of the glowstick into the bottle. I used a pair of tiny inch-long sticks intended for use as earrings, so I just cut them in half and tossed them in the bottle. If the liquid won't flow you can snip the glowstick into pieces and just add the pieces to the bottle.
- Add 1-3 capfuls of hydrogen peroxide.
- Add a pinch of baking soda and immediately seal the bottle.
- Turn out the lights (if you haven't already) and vigorously shake the bottle.
- You probably guessed this, but I'll say it anyway... don't drink the contents of the bottle. Keep it out of reach of children or anyone else who might be tempted to drink the liquid.
- There's nothing special about Mountain Dew™. In fact, you don't even need soda. The glowing red bottle was made using a bit of water (I used too much... you shouldn't be able to see the liquid level), a squirt of Dawn™, a broken red glowstick, a couple of capfuls of hydrogen peroxide, and a pinch of baking soda.
- You don't absolutely need the peroxide or baking soda either. The project works if you add a little detergent and the contents of a broken glowstick to any near-empty 20-oz bottle.
- However, if you add the peroxide and baking soda, you get an immediate bright glow. Enjoy the glow while you can because the chemiluminescence reaction proceeds rapidly. If you use peroxide you will notice the light starting to fade within about half a minute.
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Photo: You can't drink glowing Mountain Dew, but that doesn't make it any less cool. (Anne Helmenstine)
Comments
just a question;
after you make this happen is it reusable like a glow stick?
(if you recharge it with light, will it work again?)
No, it’s not reusable. It doesn’t last as long as a normal lightstick, either, though it glows more brightly for a short amount of time.
What are you saying “Making Glow” It sounds like you’re using a glow stick already?
Thats because you are using a glowstick. I tried this out earlier after receiving the Hoax Video in my email. You’re using the chemicals from the glowstick to produce the glow, the liquid is just to dilute and spread it around the bottle (as most party glow sticks dont hold enough liquid in them anyways) and the baking soda and peroxide, if you remember those fun bottle rockets you used to make as a kid, creates a fizz effect to make the glowing BRIGHTER, for however small of a period of time. Mine lasted somewhere among 30 seconds to a minute. What Im wondering is if you increase the volume of liquid, and also increase the volume of the other ingredients, how well will it work? As I’m not so clever to do the math on my own, anyone who comes up with these results please drop me a line. Also, if you know any other cool things to do with glow sticks, drop me a line for that as well, preferably titles like “Results on Increased Glowstick Volume” and “Fun things to do witha Glowstick” You can reach me at shade_hellraiser@hotmail.com
wait soo when u tried to do this it didnt work?
i believe that this experiment is actually jus about the best there is if ur like me and jus absolutley love chemistry
I want to use this for a science project but I am not sure how to make it into a question.. Please help me!! Thanks
people who pull these kind of scams are very rude and some of these scams can really hurt someones feelings. i tried this experiment with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and mountain dew. my experiment didnt work. but i found a reason why it didnt work this way. i needed to use more of the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. u need to use 35% peroxide and with the baking soda, u have to use 15mg. then hopefully u can get it to work too.
i was so disapointed.!!! i use this experiment because i was deeply convinced by the video. it is intended for my research. im haftway for submission when my show flaps just because “it didn’t work”. i condemn it. but anyway it give me reasonS and many more reasons to be more resourceful and well-tempered enough to continue my research for my major.
i was disapointed.!!! i use this experiment because i was deeply convinced with the video. but sad to say it didnt work .im haftway for submission when my show flaps just because it didnt work. i condemn it”"”. but amyway it give me reasons and many more reasons to be more resourceful and well-tempered to continue my research. this is for my major.
this project is convincing., but can you give me the reason why or how does it works??? what are the contents of each materials why they react like that or why its glowing., pls answer my question honestly to those who know about it.,
because its our experiment in chemistry., thnx
I am doing this for a science project (hopefully) but i need to know what the chemical reaction for it is. I have to explain it in my presentation. Could you please explain it to me?? Thanks!!
hi umm can the mountain dew be cold or does it need to be hot or does it matter
I was going to do a science fair project on this but i didnt work even my teacher said so i was upset
this doesnt work i tried some many times but it doesnt work
Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend drinking regular mountain dew either.
i need to explaine in front of my class and i dont what to do
The Glow in the Dark Mountain Dew does work. Several people in our home school group tried it and it worked. I as well tried the experiment and it worked. Perhaps you did not put the correct amounts of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda into the dew or you had the incorrect amount of dew. I would invite you to retry the experiment using the following directions:
Pour out three quarters of a 20 oz bottle of mountain dew. So leave 1/4 of the dew in the bottle, then add 3cap fills of hydrogen peroxide, and just enough baking soda to fill the tip of a spoon.
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