Crystal growing

Name	Crystal growing
Description	Experimenting with crystal growing
Status	Runnig
Contact	metalgamer
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Copper Sulfate

Picture 1.1: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 Copper(II)-sulfate pentahydrate. The chemical formula is:

Gather your materials:

Copper(II)-sulfate pentahydrate

Water

Beaker

Glass dish

Spoon

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.

Pour a little of the solution onto the glass dish, this will be used to grow some seed crystals. See picture 1.3.

Picture 1.3:Now, we have to wait, until we have seed crystals:

Picture 1.4: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 1.5).

Picture 1.6:Picture 1.7:This seed crystal can now be hung into the solution and let it sit overnight.

Picture 1.8:Picture 1.9:The next day, take out your polycrystals and filter the solution. Use a cotton pad in your funnel.

Picture 1.10:Picture 1.11:Clear out the bottom of the beaker, as a lot of crystals have grown on it.

Picture 1.12:After the solution has been filtered, pour it back into the beaker and hang your polycrystal back into it.

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