DIY borax crystals! (And the science behind them!)

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Күн бұрын

Borax Crystals! One the the best experiments for younger kids, and an awesome teaching tool for supersaturated solutions, solubility curves and introduction to chemistry experiments! Borax crystal growing is very simply but tin this video I want to take it a bit further and show how solubility curves and graphs work and how to read them.
00:00 Intro to Destructive Creativity and supersaturated solutions
00:45 What is Borax? And the quick and easy method.
01:55 Solubility curves
02:40 Making DIY Borax crystals
07:00 Showing our borax crystals.
Today I will show you How To Make Borax Crystals at home! Making these is super easy and you only need a few ingredients to grow giant crystals at home. Everything you need for this science experiment is cheap and easy to find! Diy Borax crystals are something that you can make with your friends and end up with beautiful crystals that looks like real treasure!
Destructive Creativity and Jonathan Allers are dedicated to providing safe and fun science facts and experiments for all ages. Please practice science safely and responsibly. Always use proper supervision. Now go out and learn something!

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@kayperrault 2 жыл бұрын

This worked thanks - but how do I clean up my glass beakers from the crystals?

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

You can always add warm water and re-dissolove the crystals. Just don't put in boiling water directly into the beaker, gradually raise the temperature, otherwise it might break the glass.

@Voodoo_IC0N 2 жыл бұрын

My ten year old chose to do her report/experiment on crystals. She grew Borax crystals to demonstrate time and temperature effects on crystals growth. We came across a surprise. We created a vat of supersaturated liquid. We divided it into 4 glasses. 1 glass placed on a counter in sun light, 1 glass placed in darkness, 1 glass with a fan blowing on it and 1 glass in an insulated lunchbox. 3 grew as expected. The 1 in the lunchbox hardly grew at all, until.... we pulled it out once it hit ambient temperature (75°). We noted the lack of growth and taken pictures. After 5 minutes we noticed crystals rapidly forming on the sides of the glass. At 10 minutes crystals formed completely around the glass and was warmer than when pulled out. Exothermic reaction. It jumped up 15°. Our hypothesis was that slowing the cooling on that particular glass would allow for larger crystal growth. But the rapid growth with exothermic reaction shocked us!

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I will have to try and replicate your result! I'll try and remember to let you know how it works.

@Voodoo_IC0N 2 жыл бұрын

@@DestructiveCreativity Our regret is that we didn't let that grow further. Because we were working on a time line, we dumped the solution and collected the, snow like, crystal borax to end the experiment. We would like to know if the Crystal's would have formed bigger. The solution we rapidly cooled seemed to have larger crystals than the ones that cooled without help.

@Max_Chooch 2 ай бұрын

Typically, slow cooling leads to larger crystal formation and cold-crashing the solution produces smaller, snow like precipitation. Ever seen spontaneous phase shifting? Kno3 has a very high solubility in warm water but a rather poor soluin cold water, so, if you Supersaturate kno3 in distilled water and place it in the oven at about 150°F. When its warm enough and when enough water has evaporated, the solution will flash between there being enough liquid to dissolve the kno3 at that temperature and not enough and it will spontaneously flash between crystallized and liquid. Here's a video I took while purifying kno3. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftKSrc-orNyRiKM.htmlsi=UzVmO9neOzTt5ltM

@StinkyFacePal Ай бұрын

I wonder if you could replicate with the same specific glass. If it didn't have a nucleation site (a pipe cleaner, or even a scratch inside the glass), the borax may not fall out of solution as readily.

@StinkyFacePal Ай бұрын

Oh dang. I just realized how long ago this was posted lol. I came across this video after seeing someone make crystalline cicadas with borax

@johnathonmcalister6645 Ай бұрын

This is pretty old, but just came up as a suggested video. I just wanted to note that adding food color to the solution is a tough way to color crystals, as crystallization is a technique for purifying substances. This is why you end up with pastel colors. Copper sulfate can be used to create deep blue crystals.

@miniscenesgb Жыл бұрын

wow great results. And so well explained. I wish they'd made science this much fun when I was a kid lol. Gonna try this

@DestructiveCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We try to make it fun. :) thanks for watching!

@izzy_fiZZy55 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to try this for my science experiment for school!

@trxppy_happy_9362 19 күн бұрын

The only reason I remember this is because my 5th grade science teacher had us do this experiment i loved it!

@pistachio85 Жыл бұрын

That looks so cool. 😮

@GodsWordMadeSimple 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video, thank you my friend! I will look forward to doing this one for sure. I will say the sober side of me says yes always clean stuff, however they left over side of me says hey for getting to clean stuff is how some of the greatest inventions of all time have happened. Of course the statistics we don't hear is how many people died from not doing that so there's that haha! Great video keep it up!

@carlkolchack3012 5 ай бұрын

Ok this guy is amazing ! Ty

@jessie7682 2 жыл бұрын

Im not kidding my teacher put this vid up for a science experiment thing

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool to hear!

@baedric._.7721 Жыл бұрын

Did you get to actually do it or did your teach just gyp you by putting this on

@careyjamesmajeski3203 2 жыл бұрын

Cool bro. Good luck with your channel.

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing the crystal structures of different solutions! Do you have a favourite experiment? Let me know!

@razben-yair1685 Жыл бұрын

This is sick! Could you make a video on salt crystals🤔

@wolflahti412 2 жыл бұрын

Would fabric dye work in lieu of food coloring?

@musiccreations3131 Жыл бұрын

dose we use any other item with that one stick

@ShirleyLuStudio 5 ай бұрын

How long the crystal lasts? Will it break down, melt etc due to the moisture in the air or hot and cold in temperatures during storage in the attic?

@BeerAdventureDiaries 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if a thermos for say...soup would work better. Also I wonder if you can double dunk it. Say you start your shape one colour, could you finish that batch then change it to a second batch colours or would the new heat mess up your crystals?

@dollihombs4497 Ай бұрын

Do I have to use a glass container? Or will a pot or plastic container be ok?

@MrMadartist Жыл бұрын

How do you get the stuff clear?

@serbera6060 Жыл бұрын

what color You use in experiment?

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Did jall leave space for eue copper

@Trisha-2023 11 ай бұрын

My granddaughter and I are going to have a try at this, but Im worried how to dispose of the liquid which is left over. Is it toxic or can it be washed away in the sink safely? Have to think of the environment these days.

@loveyourselfplease6842 Жыл бұрын

I understand this post is a year old but I'm hoping you see this question. My son was recently very sick & had to miss about a week of school, while home I wanted to keep his brain working & spirits high so I ordered everything to make spooky borax crystal skeleton hands for Halloween. His skeleton hand turned out amazing & he brought it to his science teacher as a gift. We had one more skeleton hand so I reheated the water, added more borax & put the second skeleton hand in then I kind of forgot about it for a couple days. I knew the crystals would be a bit larger simply because of the higher saturation of borax & it delivered big beautiful crystals. It got me wondering can I add that hand back into an even more saturated solution & grow more crystals on it. I believe I can as long as I let the water cool before putting the crystals back in, is this true or am I only dreaming of a super crazy clustery skeleton hand?

@clarks58 Ай бұрын

Dude! Cool! Yea,I’m old lol still going to do though. You know us men,we never grow up,we merely age.

@aviastanton2547 3 ай бұрын

I’m hoping to do this with my 10th grade class and I’m wondering if you need to suspend something for the crystals to grow around or will they just form on the bottom of a beaker? Hope you see this! Love your video!

@DestructiveCreativity 3 ай бұрын

They will most certainly grow on the bottom of the beaker. But, (speaking from experience) after the crystals grow on the bottom of the beaker, any attempts to remove the crystals usually end up breaking the beaker.

@PatchesMacPatches 3 ай бұрын

my mother, goes to a weird, half ren-fair, half wiccan commune thing every year in Minnesota, for years, iv wanted her to take a big walking stick, because she's getting kinda old. (74 this year) i wanted to make this ren-fair kinda experience much cooler for her, by making a huge glowing fire crystal on a big walking stick. so i want to make the largest collection of the largest crystals. so my questions are, would distilled water make different results, could i do it again and dip an already made crystal to add to its size or would that dissolve back into solution. what about a crystal made from like salt or sugar or gypsum dipped into this could i different crystal on my crystal? how slow is the maximum slowness that crystals could be made i have a temp controlled cooler... how big can we go? and finally, how well would one of these crystals hold up against some power tools and adhere to epoxy/resin? thanks in advance

@mariamrammal8079 2 жыл бұрын

Hiya nice work please I will like to ask , if I am to reuse the solution already used to build a crystal, do I boil the solution again before putting my pipe cleaner for another form?

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, add a bit of water and warm it up!

@mariamrammal8079 2 жыл бұрын

@@DestructiveCreativity thank you so much for the reply 😁

@mariamrammal8079 2 жыл бұрын

@@DestructiveCreativity please 🙏 another question, how do I make my base to be flat?

@DestructiveCreativity 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I understand, the base of the crystals? Or the container?

@mariamrammal8079 2 жыл бұрын

@@DestructiveCreativity thank you so much for your reply. I meant to say the base of the crystal 😁.

@megannea.1247 2 жыл бұрын

That's cool! Any idea why the color pooled in the middle of your crystal? I'd like to avoid that...

@eyesopen2995 Жыл бұрын

IMeganne A, think it was actually the colour of the pipe cleaner, which was a dark blue to start with. You may have already found that out of course.

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Is that distilled water.,.would that. BE better

@sierram6632 Жыл бұрын

What other things can you use as a seed? Is there any type of material you can’t use as a seed? Like copper? Curious because of any chemical reactions that may occur! Thanks for the great video!

@tw0crows74 Жыл бұрын

I've watched a few vids and they've mostly used pipe cleaners but I'd like to know if I can use other materials too for some crafting ideas I've got

@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wn Жыл бұрын

Anything with lots of surface area, porous (non smooth) objects work better.

@beth4380 Жыл бұрын

Ha your jokes are so corny and funny!! ❤️❤️

@ResinEssenceByCheri 3 ай бұрын

So what you meant was for every 3/4 cup of borax use 2 cups of water, ya?

@jonhohensee3258 Жыл бұрын

Tin foil???

@ManMountainManX Жыл бұрын

TY. /

@mema14dab Жыл бұрын

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@DestructiveCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We are having a blast making videos for you. :)

@docsawbones3249 10 күн бұрын

when the phones go off the world id done

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Yup insulating

@ashleyloveparanormal3624 Жыл бұрын

Not as bad as salt

@Bozemanjustin Жыл бұрын

Interesting, you should put it into a hot water bath. That way it would cool down very slow.

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Haha....the fire depo will hippo that up

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Well,...4what...."#because your a graduate#"

@jsmythib 7 ай бұрын

The crystals themselves are just periodic patterns. The dye can only wedge itself into the imperfections :) I think. Maybe. KZfaq university :)

@foxtopuscreations6046 11 ай бұрын

Dr Neo Cortex wants to know your location

@jeremycalnan4180 2 ай бұрын

Lol...

@lincolnflynn6876 Жыл бұрын

You can use borax for so much random shit lol.

@haze541bsn Жыл бұрын

Supernatural season 7 lol

@timhofstetter5654 4 ай бұрын

Where is the science? There is no science here. You might want to revisit the definition of science.

@loveyourselfplease6842 Жыл бұрын

@DestructiveCreativity Жыл бұрын

There is therotically no limit on how big the crystals can grow. :) Just always ensure that the solution you emerse the hand in is fully saturated. Otherwise the crystals will dissolve back into solution. Thanks for sharing, I hope he is feeling better. :)