Make a Color Changing Glow Stick

We make a glow stick that changes colour with time. To do so, we prepare our standard chemiluminescent mixture: 10mL Diethyl Phthalate 3mg of 9,10-bis(phenylethynl)anthracene 5mg Rhodamine B 50mg TCPO 100mg sodium acetate 3mL 30% hydrogen peroxide (add last to start reaction) First the red Rhodamine B glows and masks the 9,10-bis(phenylethynl)anthracene. But since Rhodamine B is unstable it slowly breaks down and eventually the glow stick will turn green. The whole process takes about ten minutes.
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