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    Mood rings contain thermochromatic liquid crystals that change color in response to body heat. The crystals are sealed between a hollow quartz or glass stone and a metal ring. As body heat is absorbed by the crystals, they twist and alter the wavelengths of light reflected, appearing different colors. Common colors include violet, blue, green, yellow, amber, brown, and black, with warmer colors indicating higher temperatures. Thermochromatic liquid crystals have other uses like thermometers, smart windows that regulate light and heat, and early liquid crystal displays.

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    Mood rings contain thermochromatic liquid crystals that change color in response to body heat. The crystals are sealed between a hollow quartz or glass stone and a metal ring. As body heat is absorbed by the crystals, they twist and alter the wavelengths of light reflected, appearing different colors. Common colors include violet, blue, green, yellow, amber, brown, and black, with warmer colors indicating higher temperatures. Thermochromatic liquid crystals have other uses like thermometers, smart windows that regulate light and heat, and early liquid crystal displays.

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    Chemistry of Mood Rings

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    Mood rings contain thermochromatic liquid crystals that change color in response to body heat. The crystals are sealed between a hollow quartz or glass stone and a metal ring. As body heat is absorbed by the crystals, they twist and alter the wavelengths of light reflected, appearing different colors. Common colors include violet, blue, green, yellow, amber, brown, and black, with warmer colors indicating higher temperatures. Thermochromatic liquid crystals have other uses like thermometers, smart windows that regulate light and heat, and early liquid crystal displays.

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    Chemistry of Mood Rings

    Quick Facts
    Invented by Joshua Reynold Popular fad in the 1970s Still around today The stone of the ring changes color supposedly in response to the mood of the wearer

    How They Are Made


    Stone: hollow quartz, glass, or a coating of some kind, containing thermotropic liquid crystals Ring: usually made of sterling silver, or a coating of silver over another type of metal The liquid crystals are glued on the ring and coated in order to seal out moisture which may spoil the ring

    How They Work


    The thermochromatic liquid crystals respond to external body heat The crystals absorb the energy generated from our bodies They twist in response to the energy, altering the way that light passes through them. Causes the crystals to reflect different wavelengths of light which changes the color

    Colors
    Violet Blue warmest Blue (about 82 degrees F) Green Yellow/Amber Brown/Gray Black coldest (sometimes means the ring is damaged)

    Thermochromatic Liquid Crystals


    A liquid crystal is thermochromatic if the property of the components change color due to temperature Do not emit light directly High energy: isotropic liquid phase Twisted nematic phase: light passing through the crystal undergoes Bragg diffraction in this phase anisotropic chiral phase Low energy: glass(crystallic) phase

    Phases

    Other Uses for Thermochromatic Liquid Crystals


    Liquid crystal thermometers PDLC smart windows Hypercolor t-shirts Liquid crystal display (Television Screens, Computer Screens, Digital Alarm Clocks, Scientific Calculators, etc)

    Liquid Crystal Thermometers

    PDLC Smart Windows

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