Explore the best conditions for growing the biggest crystals

This experiment from 2014 is now closed and data cannot be posted to the website. However, you can run a class investigation using the past resources below.

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Past resources

All you need for carrying out the experiment from The art of crystallisation global experiment.

 

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Instructions for taking part are also available in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), French, Portuguese (Brazil) and Russian.

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Postscript

The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to thank Lynne Thomas, Anna Warren and Colin Pulham (from the British Crystallographic Association), Catherine Smith (Teacher, John Cleveland College, Hinckley) and Peter Borrows (CLEAPSS) for their advice and suggestions during the development of this resource.

The Word document is shared under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.