Make your own pyramid salt crystals
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Make your own pyramid salt crystals
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#2 > But I did find a study published in the World Salt Symposium where researchers successfully grew pyramid salt from waste salt water in large, steel crystallizers.
From https://www.bolton-menk.com/salt-symposium/:
This event celebrates the optimization of salt use to improve community sustainability and protect vital freshwater systems and infrastructure.
The Salt Symposium brings together leaders from diverse economic sectors to learn about the impacts of chloride and reduction methods. Professionals from across the world will share their expertise on current research initiatives including water softening, wastewater, fertilizer, snow and ice management, and more.Re: Make your own pyramid salt crystals
#3> But I did find a study published in the World Salt Symposium where researchers successfully grew pyramid salt from waste salt water in large, steel crystallizers. Wow, I never knew that there was an entire symposium dedicated to salt . From https://www.bolton-menk.com/salt-symposium/ : This event celebrates the optimization of salt use to improve community sustainability and protect vital freshwater systems and inf…
Also 484 pages of the pretty dense but readable, Salt by Mark Kurlansky
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#4Has anyone tried doing this with Bismuth?
Bismuth crystals can also be grown at low temperature, so maybe they can be shape controlled as well.
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#5Has anyone tried doing this with Bismuth? Bismuth crystals can also be grown at low temperature, so maybe they can be shape controlled as well.
Yeah of course, you can even make it from pepto bismol tablets from what I remember reading [1] [2]
[1] https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Bismuth-Crystals
[2] https://www.thoughtco.com/bismuth-metal-pepto-bismol-antacid...
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#6I thought these crystals are 3D printed at first judging by the layered look.
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#7> But I did find a study published in the World Salt Symposium where researchers successfully grew pyramid salt from waste salt water in large, steel crystallizers. Wow, I never knew that there was an entire symposium dedicated to salt . From https://www.bolton-menk.com/salt-symposium/ : This event celebrates the optimization of salt use to improve community sustainability and protect vital freshwater systems and inf…
Another recent salt submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37786245
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#8This website is what I want the internet to be. Information like this is such a treat, and I would have gone crazy for it as a kid (and I still do). I used to search high and low for books containing these kinds of guides, and it makes me happy to see it online.
Re: Make your own pyramid salt crystals
#9This website is what I want the internet to be. Information like this is such a treat, and I would have gone crazy for it as a kid (and I still do). I used to search high and low for books containing these kinds of guides, and it makes me happy to see it online.
I've got alum on order. My kid isn't old enough to do this one unsupervised, but this is our plan for next weekend.
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#10>"6. Monster pyramids
The first pyramid salt crystal that grew from this solution was an absolute beast. The humongous head was covered with all sorts of intricate formations that reminded me of bismuth crystals."
That's a very interesting observation!
I'm wondering in all of Chemistry -- are there other possible crystal formations that look like Bismuth or specific Bismuth-looking pyramid salt crystals?
Also, could we take molten Bismuth -- and somehow grow a pyramid shaped crystal out of it? If so how? If not, why not?
Anyway, great article!