What Happened:
Today we made bismuth. We used a different pot this time and we used all the bismuth. We also used the blow torch which was VERY fun. We let them cool and got really good crystals. The first time we tried it, Andrew L. poured the molten metal on the table because we didn't have a big enough pot to put it in. When he poured it, it spilt on the floor. The second time we tried, we got a big pot on poured it in there instead. After about a month, we FINALLY got good crystals.
What's The Science:
I honestly don't know how the crystals form. I think that they just form based on the container that they are in, and the number also depends on that as well. A question I had was, how do they form in water and what color would it be? I I found out in some research that if you had no oxygen when the crystals form, it would be silver. So if it was in water it would be silver.
Results:
I'm really proud of our results. Andrew and I have been trying really hard, and we've wait a long time to get crystals and now that we finally got some, I'm very happy and very proud. We got a lot of crystals and we've learned a method on how to get really good ones. I think that Andrew L. contributed a lot to this. He let us use the blowtorch, taught us a different method, and guided us through our experiment, so I would like to thank Andrew for helping out today.
Collaboration:
I worked with Andrew, Garrett and Andrew L. Garrett was pretty new to this so it was fun teaching him the process to making bismuth. Andrew L. really helped out on this one and we wouldn't have the crystals we have without him.
What Next:
Tomorrow, we will try cooling the crystals in water for a cool silver color. I don't really want to work with anyone new with bismuth yet because I'm still figuring it out myself.
Today we made bismuth. We used a different pot this time and we used all the bismuth. We also used the blow torch which was VERY fun. We let them cool and got really good crystals. The first time we tried it, Andrew L. poured the molten metal on the table because we didn't have a big enough pot to put it in. When he poured it, it spilt on the floor. The second time we tried, we got a big pot on poured it in there instead. After about a month, we FINALLY got good crystals.
What's The Science:
I honestly don't know how the crystals form. I think that they just form based on the container that they are in, and the number also depends on that as well. A question I had was, how do they form in water and what color would it be? I I found out in some research that if you had no oxygen when the crystals form, it would be silver. So if it was in water it would be silver.
Results:
I'm really proud of our results. Andrew and I have been trying really hard, and we've wait a long time to get crystals and now that we finally got some, I'm very happy and very proud. We got a lot of crystals and we've learned a method on how to get really good ones. I think that Andrew L. contributed a lot to this. He let us use the blowtorch, taught us a different method, and guided us through our experiment, so I would like to thank Andrew for helping out today.
Collaboration:
I worked with Andrew, Garrett and Andrew L. Garrett was pretty new to this so it was fun teaching him the process to making bismuth. Andrew L. really helped out on this one and we wouldn't have the crystals we have without him.
What Next:
Tomorrow, we will try cooling the crystals in water for a cool silver color. I don't really want to work with anyone new with bismuth yet because I'm still figuring it out myself.