Tuesday(26/10) - Went for my first crystal growing session with Kee Wei today after school. It was a really short session for me as I needed to work on the WR with group mates. Therefore, Kee Wei did most of the work. Mainly we picked out seed crystals from the solution that Kee Wei had made prior to this and tied suitable seed crystals to nylon strings. We then placed the tied seed crystals into beakers containing solutions of different concentrations to try out which conditions result in better growth. We also placed the beakers containing the solutions into the fridge for faster growth. We also made the shape of the YOG symbol using metal wires and placed that in solution as well. Hmm... the lab techs were really helpful and helped us out by offering suggestions and lending us loads of materials such as the metal wires.
Really envious of the other group's crystal though. They had already grown a huge crystal and decorated their crystal garden perfectly. Our crystals were only still so tiny.. hahas!
Wednesday( 27/10) - Went for slightly longer this time. Helped Kee Wei out in re- saturating the solutions again and dissolving "nuisance" crystals. We then took some pictures of our crystals so as to place the pictures on our poster which we were going to do the next day. I was to buy vanguard sheet for the poster and get an exercise book for the log book.
Thursday
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