Breath Savers Spark

I think that the suger rubs together and producing sparks.

All sugar based candies emit some degree of light when you crunch them.

The light is Triboluminescence. 

Dear mrs Schuh, I have figured out what makes the spark. In our case crystaline sugars are being crushed, that force out some electrons out of their atomic field. These free electrons bump against nitrogen molucles in the air, when they collied they make a spark!!!!!(: (: (:  TESSA 

 Maybe they need to be a different kind of breath mint? or a different flaver? or there is to many people trying to see the spark maybe we need to have less people in the room like ten at a time? or we just have bad luck and we wont be able to see it. maybe we just wont be able to do this experent?  

-Sam

  When you crunch on wintergreen candies you are making light with friction. When you crush the sugar crystals, the stress in the crystal creates electric fields. Like electric fields in a lightning storm, these electric fields can rip the outer electrons from molecules. When the molecules recombine  with their electrons, they create light. I know that sugarless breath mints do not work only ones with sugar in it. Because otherwise the sugar crystals wouldn't rub against your teeth. Bye for now!

Hmm... interesting! Can someone please explain the whole experiment for me? 

               ~*Vanisa*~

          ~*7th Grade Student*~