Crystal Growing
I love growing crystals. It’s a great family activity, and a very cool science experiment. You can make beautiful ones from sugar, alum, or even table salt. But one of the easiest and most beautiful crystal you can grow is actually a common fertilizer. It’s called monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and …
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Potassium ferrioxalate produces striking green crystals that are both beautiful and easy to grow. Potassium ferrioxalate is a chemical that can be made from relatively common materials. You can prepare it by dissolving rust in oxalic acid, which is often used in cleaning, and then …
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Here’s how you can transform regular table salt into gorgeous pyramid salt crystals at home. Regular salt looks like a fine white powder. Sure, it tastes good, but it’s not very interesting to look at. But what if I told you that you could transform the salt sitting in your kitchen into a work …
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Did you know that you can grow transparent sugar crystals at home? Hi! I’m Chase, a university student who’s been growing crystals at home for 3 years now. I’ve grown crystals from table salt, Epsom salt, fertilizer, and crystallized other colorful chemical compounds I made myself. It’s a …
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When you wash old copper pennies with vinegar, the pennies react with the vinegar to form a blue compound called copper (II) acetate. Now, if you let that vinegar dry, small, black crystals will be left behind in the dish. Those are copper acetate crystals. It turns out you can grow much bigger …
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To grow Epsom salt crystals, prepare a solution of concentration 75 g / 100 mL. Wait for seed crystals to form, place them somewhere sheltered, and watch crystals grow within a week or two. Hi, I’m Chase, and I love to grow crystals using household chemicals. In this article, I’ll show you guys …
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People sometimes add MSG to food to make it taste better. It has an umami taste that enhances flavor. But like salt, it also has a crystalline structure. If you look closely at it, you’ll see that a spoonful of MSG is actually made up of small, elongated crystals. The question is, can you grow …
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I discovered a way to grow transparent sodium chloride crystals at home. Here’s how. Growing sodium chloride crystals Sodium chloride, or table salt, has a cubic crystal structure. But the salt we use for cooking normally looks more like sand. Indeed, table salt is often used in kids’ …
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How to grow clusters of copper sulfate crystals? Will the string get stuck inside the crystal? Can I grow them on rocks and bones? This article is a companion to my main guide The Best Way to Grow Big Copper Sulfate Crystals. If you haven’t seen it, I suggest you check that one out …
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Copper sulfate is a chemical compound that produces stunning blue crystals. Plus, it’s really easy to grow them. In fact, it’s one of the easiest compounds to grow crystals with. There are already many guides on growing copper sulfate online. But most of them do not have detailed procedures. …
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