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====== Crystal growing ====== | ====== Crystal growing ====== | ||
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- | ^ Name | Crystal growing | | + | ^ Name | Crystal growing |
- | ^ Description | Experimenting with crystal growing | | + | ^ Description |
- | ^ Status | Runnig | + | ^ Status |
- | ^ Contact | [[user: | + | ^ Contact |
- | ^ Participants | | | + | ^ Participants |
- | ^ Repository | | | + | |
===== Copper Sulfate ===== | ===== Copper Sulfate ===== | ||
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The first crystals, that we are growing are copper sulfate crystals. They give an intense blue color and are quite easy to grow. For this, we need to acquire [[https:// | The first crystals, that we are growing are copper sulfate crystals. They give an intense blue color and are quite easy to grow. For this, we need to acquire [[https:// | ||
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Gather your materials: | Gather your materials: | ||
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* Glass dish | * Glass dish | ||
* Spoon | * Spoon | ||
+ | * Skewer | ||
+ | * String | ||
+ | * Funnel | ||
+ | * Cotton pad | ||
+ | * Tape | ||
+ | * Plastic Wrap | ||
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Begin with boiling about 800ml of water. When it is boiling, transfer it to the beaker and start adding Copper(II)-sulfate pentahydrate until nothing will dissolve anymore. It should have a deep blue color, see picture 1.2. | Begin with boiling about 800ml of water. When it is boiling, transfer it to the beaker and start adding Copper(II)-sulfate pentahydrate until nothing will dissolve anymore. It should have a deep blue color, see picture 1.2. | ||
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- | After about 3 hours, we can pick out one of the seed crystals and fix them to a piece of string (picture 1.5). | + | After about 3 hours, we can pick out one of the seed crystals and fix them to a piece of string (picture 1.6). Use a skewer to fix the height of the crystal. |
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- | This seed crystal can now be hung into the solution and let it sit overnight. | + | This seed crystal can now be hung into the solution, attach the skewer with tape and let it sit overnight. Cover the beaker with plastic wrap to protect the solution from dust. |
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