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Article is from 2008.

• stuaxo 8y ago
  Indeed, did anything else happen after this?
  • newman8r 8y ago
    It was also discovered that the scotch tape method emits radiation in the terahertz range (2009) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823546 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823546
    • raverbashing 8y ago
      Any explanations of why doing this to scotch tape releases such energetic particles? (ok, THz not so much, but x-rays are energetic)
      • newman8r 8y ago
        Looks like it's due to triboelectric-related effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboelectric_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboelectric_effect so with the tape I'd assume it's due to the friction from unraveling the sticky side from the non-sticky side also related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboluminescence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboluminescence which the scotch tape demonstrates as well