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    Crystals: Explain Why The Solution Had To Be Supersaturated For The Sugar Crystals To Form

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    1. Crystals form when atoms line up in patterns as a solid. Common crystals include salt, sugar, sand, and diamonds. 2. To make crystals, a supersaturated solid solution must be created by dissolving more solute than would normally dissolve at a given temperature. Providing a surface for crystals to form, like a string or stick, allows crystals to grow. 3. The experiment involves creating supersaturated sugar and salt solutions, adding string for crystals to form on, and allowing the solutions to crystallize over time.

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    Crystals: Explain Why The Solution Had To Be Supersaturated For The Sugar Crystals To Form

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    1. Crystals form when atoms line up in patterns as a solid. Common crystals include salt, sugar, sand, and diamonds. 2. To make crystals, a supersaturated solid solution must be created by dissolving more solute than would normally dissolve at a given temperature. Providing a surface for crystals to form, like a string or stick, allows crystals to grow. 3. The experiment involves creating supersaturated sugar and salt solutions, adding string for crystals to form on, and allowing the solutions to crystallize over time.

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    Crystals

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    1. Crystals form when atoms line up in patterns as a solid. Common crystals include salt, sugar, sand, and diamonds. 2. To make crystals, a supersaturated solid solution must be created by dissolving more solute than would normally dissolve at a given temperature. Providing a surface for crystals to form, like a string or stick, allows crystals to grow. 3. The experiment involves creating supersaturated sugar and salt solutions, adding string for crystals to form on, and allowing the solutions to crystallize over time.

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    Crystals: Explain Why The Solution Had To Be Supersaturated For The Sugar Crystals To Form

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    1. Crystals form when atoms line up in patterns as a solid. Common crystals include salt, sugar, sand, and diamonds. 2. To make crystals, a supersaturated solid solution must be created by dissolving more solute than would normally dissolve at a given temperature. Providing a surface for crystals to form, like a string or stick, allows crystals to grow. 3. The experiment involves creating supersaturated sugar and salt solutions, adding string for crystals to form on, and allowing the solutions to crystallize over time.

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    Crystals

    Introduction
    Crystals formed when atoms line up in patterns and solidify. There are crystals everywhere — in the form of salt, sugar,
    sand, diamonds, quartz, and many more! To make crystals, you need to make a supersaturated solid solution. If you add
    something for the crystals to cling to, like a rock or a stick, crystals can grow. For faster-growing crystals, it is possible to
    “seed” the rock, stick, string, etc. This means to coat it with the material you formed the solution with, such as salt or
    sugar.
    Materials
     Stirring rod  Sugar  string or yarn
     250mL Beaker  Salt  Tape
     100mL graduated cylinder  Water  Food coloring
     Spatula  glass jar
    Experiment
    1. Place 150mL of water in a beaker. Add spoonful of sugar until it become supersaturated, and stir over in 110°C. You
    should be able to get all the sugar to dissolve. You can add more sugar until you start to see undissolved bits at the
    bottom of the beaker. If this happens, add a bit of water until they disappear. This is called a supersaturated solid
    solution.
    2. Add food coloring to the water.
    3. Allow solution to cool, and then pour into the glass jar.
    4. Put a tape in the middle of the lid and place a tarn. Make sure the stick doesn’t touch the sides or bottom of the glass
    jar. Attach yarn in place with a piece of tape. (Before placing yarn in jar, “seed” by sprinkling sugar over it then inserting
    up through bottom of lid so sugared end is resting in the solution.)
    5. Put the whole thing aside in a warm, quiet place for 2 days to a week to get started.
    6. Repeat the procedure using salt. Add different food color in each treatment.
    Questions
    1. Why was it necessary to make a supersaturated solid solution to get crystals?
    2. A solute is the material you dissolve. And a solvent is what you dissolve something in. What was the solute in today’s
    experiment? What was the solvent?
    3. Sometimes when this experiment is done, you may end up with a huge chunk of sugar right away. What could have
    happened?
    4. What might be the problem if crystals don’t form, or take weeks and weeks to form?
    5. List the 4 factors that increase solubility.
    6. Why did the solution have to be heated?
    7. What is the reason for using a string/ wooden skewer?
    8. Explain why the solution had to be supersaturated for the sugar crystals to form.

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