How to make BISMUTH CRYSTALS
In today's video, I explain how to produce bismuth crystals and why they have such a strange shape and are so colorful. Links of interest:
Science on the Couch books:
►The Universe in a Cup of Coffee (https://goo.gl/Wqgdxw).
►The 4 Forces That Rule the Universe (https://goo.gl/wCT6np).
Related articles:
►How are minerals formed? (http://cienciadesofa.com/2014/11/como...)
Links to buy bismuth:
►If you want to buy pre-made crystals, this is the Amazon seller from whom I bought the crystal shown at the beginning of the video: (https://goo.gl/SYyEmE)
►100-gram samples of uncrystallized bismuth, for the experiment (https://goo.gl/zMuAUQ). I used between 500 and 600 grams.
Sources:
Mechanisms of Crystal Growth from Fluxed Solutions, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan 2017.
Music:
Talking With You - Artificial Music
The Darkness - MK2
Jazzadict Intro - Cosimo Fogg (201)