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Triboluminescence of Sugar Cubes

A high speed pellet hips several sugar cubes lined up.The pellet breakes the sugar crystals in the cubes to show the property of triboluminescence. Triboluminescence is an optical phenomenon in which light is generated when asymmetrical crystalline bonds in a material are broken when that material is scratched, crushed, or rubbed.

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A high speed pellet hips several sugar cubes lined up.The pellet breakes the sugar crystals in the cubes to show the property of triboluminescence. Triboluminescence is an optical phenomenon in which light is generated when asymmetrical crystalline bonds in a material are broken when that material is scratched, crushed, or rubbed.