It seems like a colder temperature would slow there growth and if it is too warm, the crystals might melt back to a liquid.
I am growing crystals in a small glass container right now. They are coming along nicely, but I would like them to grow a little faster.
a man who makes his own sugar syrup made me a bottle that he said was made at a hotter temperature and he told me that the crystals would grow faster in it. The crystals in this bottle did grow faster, but the crystals were smaller.
The crystals I like are the big ones that look like diamonds.
I am trying it with a super saturated solution made from adding white refined sugar to boiling water.
2006-12-31 08:42:09 · 4 answers · asked by sugarpacketchad 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
For bigger crystals cool down slowly and evenly. For faster crystals cool the mixture down faster, but they will not form the large pretty crystals you may want.
If you really want large pretty crystals, make the sugar and water solution from a previous batch of crystals, using only the largest (and therefore the purest) crystals. Cool down slowly and evenly, and then repeat a few times always using the largest of the crystals. This will give the purest and largest crystals. Good Luck.
2007-01-01 16:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't tried growing sugar crystals since I was a kid. But I have grown some other crystals and generally, you get bigger crystals by growing them SLOWLY.
Slower growth gives you bigger, nicer crystals. If you want faster crystals, you will get smaller ones. I would be patient and wait for the bigger crystals, which are generally purer!
2006-12-31 08:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by Nick B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to have big and nice crystals ,be patient.
2006-12-31 08:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by gogo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you are doing and what you are concerned with is correct...
You'll have rock candy in no time!
May they all be big and fat and yummy in coffee!
or err umm... may you get an A++ whatever?
2006-12-31 08:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋