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ID Code: P3-67
Purpose: Demonstrate that laundry soap is fluorescent.
Description: Fluorescent chemicals are typically added to laundry soap to make white clothing appear "whiter and brighter." In the presence of even a small amount of UV, the fluorescence due to the residual chemical remaining after the clothes are rinsed is sufficient to cause white shirts, socks, or T-shirts to have a blue/white glow. Soap manufacturers would like consumers to believe that their soaps are actually making the whites "whiter."
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