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 potassium nitrate
Crystallization of potassium chromate
Crystallization of potassium chromate
Crystallization of ammonium chloride
Crystallization of ammonium chloride
Crystallization of potassium dichromate
Crystallization of potassium dichromate