In scientific terms, you are creating a . By dissolving a solid (solute) into a hot liquid (solvent) until it can't hold any more, you create an unstable environment. As the liquid cools or evaporates, the water can no longer hold the dissolved particles, and they begin to cling to one another. They arrange themselves in a highly organized, repeating geometric pattern—this is the crystal lattice. Method 1: The Fast Favorite (Borax Crystals)
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I learned these the hard way so you don't have to: In scientific terms, you are creating a