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5M20.1 Fluorescence in Discharge Tube with Sea Shell

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The name says it all: turn down the lights and apply the hand-held tesla coil to one end of the tube. Watch the surface of the sea shell fluoresce.

Parts List

Vertical Glass Tube with Shell

Tesla Coil

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