irradiating a cuvette

February 12, 2008 at 1:54 pm | | everyday science

Just a nice picture of a cuvette in diffuse 407-nm laser light:

407nm_cuvette_small.jpg

Don’t look at it for too long or you’ll burn your corneas.

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  1. Did you take this picture? It has a warm, satisfying glow that makes me want to touch it.

    Comment by Chemgeek — February 12, 2008 #

  2. of course i took it!

    Comment by sam — February 12, 2008 #

  3. Melting point capillary, add one small crystal of elemental iodine, flame seal the open end. Irradiate the dilute gas phase ( |<- ) with the fat argon laser green line or a green laser pointer. YOWSA!

    Curiously, evacuating the capillary before sealing leds to inferior results.

    Comment by Uncle Al — February 13, 2008 #

  4. hey, that sounds fun!

    Comment by sam — February 13, 2008 #

  5. Wow cool. Making an ordinary cuvette look interesting is a real job.

    Comment by Paul — July 13, 2011 #

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