Luminol

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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Luminol is a chemical used by forensic investigators to detect blood.
• Luminol is a chemical that glows greenish-blue when it comes into contact with blood — even traces that are years old.
• The alternative way to demonstrate chemiluminescent oxidation of luminol is to use dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO).
• Luminol is commercially available from several suppliers and relatively inexpensive, however if desired it can be synthesised without any great difficulties.
• Fortunately, luminol is not a real dangerous substance, so explaining that I wanted it for educational reasons seemed to be good enough.

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