How to Make Crystals With Table Salt
- 1). Add warm water from the tap to the clear container to make it half-full.
- 2). Use a stir stick to dissolve salt in the water. Keep adding salt until as long as the salt keeps dissolving.
- 3). Tie string or thread to the middle of a stick. Set the stick across the glass with the string hanging outside of the glass. Cut the string so it hangs free and won't touch the bottom of the glass.
- 4). Put the string in the water with the stick resting across the opening of the glass.
- 5). Check the salt crystals daily. The evaporating water leaves crystals forming on the string.
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Salt crystals form as the saltwater evaporates.salt. diamond. crystal. sparkle. mineral image by joanna wnuk from Fotolia.com
Examine the salt crystals with a magnifying glass to see the shapes of the developing crystals.