A short video about beautiful crystallization processes. This film is part of an education resource called Envisioning Chemistry (www.BeautyOfScience.com/ec). The subjects of this project were droplets of saturated aqueous solutions containing various inorganic salts (e.g. table salt, sodium sulfate etc.). The evaporation of water initiated the crystallization processes inside the droplets, which were captured by time-lapse photography. Hope you enjoy these beautiful crystallization processes! Making-of: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/stunning-macro-timelapse-captures-beauty-crystallization-close/ Still images: https://www.behance.net/gallery/42695857/Crystallization2 Previous crystallization video: https://vimeo.com/106807085 More Envisioning Chemistry films: Precipitation3 https://vimeo.com/210108994 Precipitation2 https://vimeo.com/192774491 Elemental Burning: vimeo.com/186409285 Black (Lead) and White (Silver) vimeo.com/189611593 Credits Video: Yan Liang Music: The Looking Glass by Dan Phillipson A Production of Beauty of Science www.BEAUTYofSCIENCE.com

Crystallization II

Crystals are beautiful, but more beautiful are the processes of forming crystals, i.e. crystallization. This film recorded the crystallization processes of 5 salts. We first added droplets of saturated salt solutions on glass slides. The evaporation of water initiated the crystallization processes inside the droplets, which were captured by time-lapse photography. 

 

Crystallization of table salt (sodium chloride)

Crystallization of table salt (sodium chloride)

Crystallization of potassium nitrate

Crystallization of potassium nitrate

Crystallization of potassium chromate

Crystallization of potassium chromate

Crystallization of potassium chromate

Crystallization of potassium chromate

Crystallization of ammonium chloride

Crystallization of ammonium chloride

Crystallization of ammonium chloride

Crystallization of ammonium chloride

Crystallization of potassium dichromate

Crystallization of potassium dichromate

Crystallization of potassium dichromate

Crystallization of potassium dichromate