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When glow sticks were bent,Chemaicals inside reacted to produce a glow?

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Glow sticks have a glass tube in them that separates chemicals. When broken the chemicals mix, the reaction is the glow. I looked it up and Wikipedia says a base catalyst and a suitable dye that create a exothermic reaction.
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