also, that page has a link to great video demo:
http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/x-rays/
harry
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From: Remi Cornwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:08 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:Generating X-RAYS From Scotch Tape > Interesting. I imagine high voltages are generated too.>
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> I like the one when you open mail in a darkened room and get a
> blue flash as
> the adhesive is torn. I think it's called electro-trilubescence
> <spelling>.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 October 2008 18:36
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Vo]:Generating X-RAYS From Scotch Tape
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> Hello all. I have been lurking here for eons, however, this report
> is too
> intriguing not to post. According to "Nature" It has been
> discovered that
> scotch tape when peeled in a vacuum gives off x-rays! Enough x-
> rays to
> photograph the bones in a finger!
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>
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/news.2008.1185.html
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>
&g t;
> It is speculated that the well known luminescense that crystals
> radiate when
> struck or compressed or when certain tapes are unwound is the
> cause.Thecomments at the bottom of the page are as interesting as
> the article. You
> will see a couple from Bill B.
>
> There is also mine. Would astronauts have to be warned not to use
> duct tape
> in a vacuum? Trevor Lawrence
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