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Thermochromic Ink

By Janice VanCleave

How Does Thermochromic Ink Work? Let’s start with the term thermochromic, which describes the ability of something to change color with changes in the temperature. Thus, when thermochromic ink is used on a material, the part where the ink is will change colors with fluctuations in temperature. So how do thermochromic inks change color? Thermochromic ink […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: chromophores, halochromic

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