Crystals: Does Surface Tension Affect The Process Of Crystallization?

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condition would happen to be modified? Most crystals are formed
under water or under liquids with similar characters to water; and tend to
form under liquids or solutions containing a maximum amount of solute. If
the liquid absorbs additional solute, then the solution is supersaturated.
If a tiny crystal, called a seed crystal, is added to the substance, a
chain reaction would occur where the crystal growth will grow dramatically.
In the case of the experiment, a staple is used instead of a crystal so
that the crystal can be easily removed at the end of the experiment. One
may wonder, if a certain characteristic of the solution were to be changed
or altered, then would the growth of the crystal change by quantity? shape?
In the experiment conducted, the types of liquid have been changed; both
the surface tension and chemical properties have been changed. In order to
compare on solution to another, water has been used as a control and that
the atmosphere associated with the ...

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crystal
systems are isometric, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic, and
hexagonal. The classification of the crystals is determined by their axes
and the way the axes are positioned. Under the class of isometric, the
crystals have three axes that are perpendicular to one another and each
axes are all equal in length. Under the class of tetragonal, the
crystals have three axes that are perpendicular to one another but only two
of the axes are equal in length. Under the class of orthorhombic, the
crystals have three perpendicular axes but all of the axes are different in
length. Under the class of monoclinic, the crystals have three axes that
are not equal in length, but ...

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