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Crystal garden

Metal salt crystals grow into colourful “plants” in water glass.

Topic: Water and solutionsGrade: 9Free

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What you do

  1. Drop in three different crystals.
  2. Wait and watch them grow (speed ×20).

Safety in a real lab

⚠ Water glass is strongly alkaline: gloves and goggles.

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