{"id":438,"date":"2011-11-01T01:04:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T01:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=438"},"modified":"2011-11-01T01:04:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T01:04:33","slug":"a_trip_to_the_sellotape_factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/a_trip_to_the_sellotape_factory","title":{"rendered":"A Trip to the Sellotape Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that ordinary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/desktop-essentials\/sticky-tapes\/c-783\">sticky tape<\/a> emits x-rays when you peel it off the roll?<\/p>\n<p>The effect is a manifestation of triboluminescence &ndash; the phenomenon of light being emitted when some compounds, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/catering\/sugar-sweeteners\/l-8276\">sugar<\/a>, are crushed. It just so happens that the disruption of the sticky tape adhesive molecular bonds results in an emission of x-rays.<\/p>\n<p>Well fancy that?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s some dull, soothing footage of sticky tape being manufactured.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hr7yWWq5ZZs\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that ordinary sticky tape emits x-rays when you peel it off the roll? The effect is a manifestation of triboluminescence &ndash; the phenomenon of light being emitted when some compounds, including sugar, are crushed. 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