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How Do Color Changing Mugs Work?

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heat-sensitive paint or thermochromic paint contains pigments that change the coffee mug‘s color when a hot beverage is poured into it The two primary types of pigments are leuco dyes and thermochromatic liquid crystals. How does a color changing cup work? Thermochromic paints are seen quite often as a coating on coffee mugs, whereby once … Read more

How Long Do Color Changing Cups Work?

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On cooling, the compound becomes a light yellow metastable phase, which over 2–3 weeks turns back into original red. Many other tetrachloronickelates are also thermochromic. How do colour changing cups work? heat-sensitive paint: The Process Heat-sensitive paint or thermochromic paint contains pigments that change the coffee mug‘s color when a hot beverage is poured into … Read more