Table Salt Crystals Growing

Making a super saturated solution for growing salt crystals.

Table salt crystals growing.

Table salt sodium chloride distilled water a clean clear glass container a jam jar is perfect string a spoon for stirring. Table salt takes a few days to grow. To grow your own salt crystals you ll need. You can experiment with different types of salt such as sea salt iodized salt himalayan salt and other.

Instead of using a sponge try growing the crystals on another surface. Adding the vinegar and growing the crystals on a sponge alters the appearance a bit. We microwaved about 2 cups of water for 2 minutes. You can buy it at a pharmacy.

Yellow substance is inclusions of the iron iii chloride. Iodized salt won t work as well but will still form crystals. How to grow salt crystals table salt sodium chloride water clean clear container a piece of cardboard optional string and pencil or butter knife optional. First you need to start with hot water so this is an adult only step if needed.

Epsom salt grows into smaller needle like crystals and faster than table salt. So without some trick you ll never get big and relatively transparent crystals like ones at the photo above. Table salt crystals have a cubic shape. The biggest one is about 2cm in size.

Alum salt grows quickly sometimes making visible crystals within a few hours.