How To Make Salt Crystals

Whether you have to make a science project for school or are getting bored sitting at home, doing nothing, making salt crystals is the perfect solution to your problem. Not only does it help you gain an insight into the process of crystal formation, but also keeps you happily occupied for a considerable amount of time. You can use any type of salt - table salt, iodized salt, un-iodized salt, sea salt, Epsom salt and even salt substitutes, for the same. In the following lines, we will provide you some tips, with the help of which you will be able to grow your own salt crystals. Read on and learn the technique.

How to Make Salt Crystals

Things Needed

• Water
• Glass Jar
• ½ cup Table Salt
• Food Coloring
• Pencils
• Paper and Binder Clips
• Cotton String
• Spoon

Instructions

• Take 1 cup water and boil it.
• Pour the water into a glass jar.
• Add salt to the water, stirring about a teaspoon at a time.
• Keep on putting salt and stirring the water, till the salt no longer dissolves and starts collecting at the bottom of the jar.
• Get the color that you have bought for your crystals and add a couple of drops to the water.
• Take a pencil and tie one end of the string around it.
• Tie a paper clip to the other end of the string.
• Place the pencil over the jar, in such a way that the string hangs down and the paper clip almost touches the bottom of the jar.
• Place the jar in a place where it will not be disturbed by anyone.
• After 24 hours, check on the jar. You will find crystals forming, in cubical shapes, on the paper clip.