How to grow a crystal from salt at home

How to grow a crystal from salt at home

In order to grow a crystal of salt, you needwill determine which method you will use. The simplest way is to evaporate moisture, when the container with salt solution is covered with paper from above, and the salt crystal gradually forms itself, you only need to constantly top up fresh solution. You can also use the solution cooling method.

Note: if you cool the solution very quickly, you will get many small crystals, if slow - they will be much smaller, but their size will increase.

At home, you can also achievebeautiful coloring of your crystals. To do this, you need to pick out the salt of the color you need. It can be ordinary white table salt or sea salt of blue color.

On a note: it is not necessary to paint already ready solution with paints or any other dyes, since the desired effect of this will still not be. The color of the crystal depends only on the salt from which it was made.

How to make a salt crystal at home, video

For the production of salt crystalsindependently you will need a container for growing, a saturated solution of salt (any that you have at home), a small crystal. The crystal you need can easily be found in large cooked rock salt or in sea salt. It is better to hang it so that it does not touch other crystals or walls of dishes, then it will get a beautiful shape. The aqueous solution must be pre-cleaned. You can use filtered or distilled water. Water from the tap, most likely, will not work, because it contains impurities of various salts and chlorine. All this negatively affects the quality and productivity of the solution. A detailed method of growing crystals at home from various salts you can see on this video:

Phasic growth of salt crystals

So, step by step instructions on growing the crystals of salt at home:

1. 
   you need to prepare a saturated solution of salt. Purify the water slightly, dissolve salt in it. Salts will need so much to completely dissolve. Its amount depends on the volume of water you take;


2. 
   still warm saline solution place in the dishes, where you grow a crystal. Consider the desired crystal size;


3. 
   you need a small crystal attached to the thread and lower it into the solution. It is desirable that he does not touch the walls of the vessel;


4. 
   then place the dishes in a slightly darkened place, where nobody will touch or move it;


5. 
   on top of the container cover with paper or a thin cloth and leave for 2-3 days.

Important: After you have lowered the crystal into the solution, it can not be removed and lowered without much need. On top of the container must be covered, so that the solution does not get dust, dirt and small debris. But if you cover the tank too tightly, the water can not evaporate, and the crystal will not grow. Do not forget to constantly top up the fresh solution, instead of the one that evaporated.

Taking advantage of our advice, you will certainly get to grow crystals from salt at home. It's quite simple and very interesting.