Why Do Crystals Grow The Longest?

Improved Essays
Many people wonder what the best conditions are for growing crystals. Crystals are ordinarily made out of silicon dioxide molecules formed into an interlaced pattern ,or quartz, moreover sodium with chlorine ions interweaved (Science Line). Crystals are often found in mines everywhere, rocks, or even in your own home. These beautiful minerals are very intriguing. It is a worthwhile subject to research.
My scientific question is in “In what temperature do crystals grow the longest ?”My hypothesis resulting from that question is “If crystals are at room temperature, then they will grow the longest.”I think that room temperature will provide the best growing environment for a crystal. One crystal will be put in the fridge for the cold condition. Another crystal will be put in room temperature representing the control variable. Lastly, a crystal will be kept on the stove for the hot temperature. These three conditions will test my question. also the experiment will prove my hypothesis to be wrong or right.
Crystals will be the result of a
…show more content…
Ana Dziengel, a blogger, has found what happens with crystals in room temperature, “DO NOT let them sit in water at room temperature. Any crystals that have formed will deteriorate in the water at room temp. Once the crystals have formed and you want to preserve them you will need to pour out the water. I had some gorgeous crystals form in the fridge over the course of a week or so and I took them out and left them on the counter in the water. I came back the next morning to find they had flattened out.” Another point that should be kept in mind is to not take the crystal out of its solvent. Kylie Wood has also done this experiment. She found that the warm crystal grew faster opposed to the cold crystal. Alex Neighbert found that crystals grew in warm temperature the best. She grew the crystals on

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    9-Fluorenone Lab Report

    • 1277 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Reduction involves increasing the number of carbon hydrogen bonds by adding hydrogen across a double or triple bond which results in an increase in electron density at the carbon atom. Organic functional groups containing double and triple bonds which undergo reduction are unsaturated. The reduction of the double bond by addition of hydrogen atoms results in the product being fully saturated. Metal hydride reducing agents that have different reactivities toward specific functional groups are commonly used in chemical reductions.…

    • 1277 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Part C: Answer each question related to the experiment. 1. Write your problem from the first page, then answer your problem(question). How will changing the surface of the penny (by adding soap) affected the number of water drops the penny can hold?…

    • 933 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Always choose your crystals with respect to them on the smaller scale, as there will be less negative energy attached. Every wiccan has their favorites that have been hand selected. Some crystals, have the same qualities however, essentially they do different things.…

    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the experiment, I tested how soapy water would affect the amount of droplets the penny can hold. The results of my experiment show that the penny holds less droplets of soap water. When the soap is added to the water, the soap collides with water breaking down the tension. As a result, it harder for the droplets to hold together. To find whether my hypothesis was right, I did several of trials to figure out whether my hypothesis was correct.…

    • 565 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My scientifically testable question is "Will the ideal golf club make your golf score lower?" To prove that it is really scientifically testable it was put through the five criteria. First, is can it be tested in the lab or the field? since the topic is golfing it would most likely take place in the field such as a golf course. Next, does it have two variables, independent/dependent or cause and effect?…

    • 194 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Gummy Bear Lab Answers

    • 2165 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Gummy bears on the outside of the container would be drier than those placed on the outside. Solution: A solution to this error could be to store the gummy bears that will be used in the experiment in a controlled environment setting where the gummy bears will not lose any moisture and have a consistent texture and gelatinous…

    • 2165 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    Quantification of Iron in Whole Grain Cereal Jacob Rickman and Yasmeen Coan Submitted to: Curt Zanelotti CHEM 1045, Experiment No. 12, April 15, 2016 LABORATORY WRITTEN REPORT Honor Code Signature: _________________ Objective In this experiment, we gained an understanding of the relationship between chemistry and food products while developing and enhancing good lab techniques. We applied dilution concepts to carry out the experiment.…

    • 1251 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Papago Woman Analysis

    • 1188 Words
    • 5 Pages

    So the medicine man said he would take out my crystals. He leaned over me and sucked them out of my breast, one by one... Then he made a hole in a giant cactus and put them inside. Then he looked at me and said, ‘They will grow again, for it is a gift.” (page 52).…

    • 1188 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Snow Globe Essay

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Snow globes are made of clear glass, a transparent sphere with a scenic view and a plastic toy inside the globe. The sphere likewise encases the water in the globe; the water fills in as the medium through, where the snow falls. The globe must be shaken to actuate the snow so the white particles can fall gradually to reach the base. When the snowflakes/object falls, it experiences two external forces which are; the gravitational force and the aerodynamic (air resistance) drag of the object, which gradually brings the object down. Furthermore, the drag force affects the object because of the shape and the viscosity of the fluid.…

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Investigative Question Does sugar or salt effect the freezing point and period of time that water takes to freeze? Hypothesis If you add either sugar or salt to water it will affect the freezing point of the water and will therefor take longer to freeze. Aim…

    • 1362 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Gissella Fajardo Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova The title of the documentary that we watched today was “Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova”. The intended audience is anyone that is interested on learning about gems like rubies, diamonds and sapphires. The purpose of the documentary is to inform the audience about gemstones. I didn’t know specific information about gemstones.…

    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Ice Cubes Lab Report

    • 1236 Words
    • 5 Pages

    HYPOTHESIS: As the ice cubes melt in the warm water, the melted water from the ice should flow towards the bottom of the cup because the melted colder water is denser than the surrounding water. PURPOSE: The purpose of this experiment is to improve my ability to observe an experiment. In addition, it will help aid me in making proper observations while also drawing conclusions. RAW MATERIALS:…

    • 1236 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    Unknown Salt Lab Report

    • 1742 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Furthermore, all 6 properties tested further solidified suspicions of the identity of the salt. Salt #287’s properties were initially investigated through a lab test to determine if the salt was Hygroscopic, Deliquescent, Efflorescent or none, and when the salt was left to react with the environment, it was found that the mass of the salt did not change from the initial mass over a course of 15 minutes, which would indicate the salt does not absorb water or lose water and does not have the above properties. Results found in this test are consistent with known properties of Sodium Chloride, being that it is not Hygroscopic, Efflorescent or Deliquescent. Thus, based on this experiment solely, it is not ensured that the salt is Sodium Chloride as 3 other salts share this…

    • 1742 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Analysis Experiment #1 (Solid) a). My hypothesis was incorrect because I thought the fire going around the brass ball would make it smaller and when the ball through the hoop it would fit easily. I was wrong because the heat made the particles expand which lead to making the brass ball bigger. My second hypothesis was correct; I had thought the water would make the ball smaller and therefore fit through the hoop easier. The water cooled down the ball making the particles contract.…

    • 610 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Calorimetric Determination of Enthalpy and Entropy Changes of the Thermal Decomposition of Sodium Sulphate Decahydrate Abstract Sodium sulphate decahydrate thermally decomposes to anhydrous sodium sulphate at 50⁰ C and cools to form anhydrous sodium sulphate. Using Hess's Law the enthalpy and entropy changes of this process can be determined in order to deduce the spontaneity of the reaction. The transition temperature was determined by melting the hydrated crystals at 50⁰ C and allowing them to cool until a constant temperature was reached. The molar enthalpy and molar entropy changes were determined using calorimetric principles. Different weights of both decahydrate and anhydrous crystals were added to water and the temperature changes…

    • 1185 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays