She'll teach me
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wayfaringwordhackThe other day, Sprout and I set up a crystal growing experiment.* After the water evaporated from a shallow dish with Epsom salts, we observed the bits of string, wood, rock, cement, etc. to see which materials the crystals grew on the best.
Sprout: The crystals didn't like this metallic pipe cleaner.
Me: Yeah, they seem to prefer natural materials over synthetic ones, man-made things.
Sprout: Human-made, Mom. You don't know if a man or a woman made them.
Right you are, Sprout. :P
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We set up three different solutions: 1) Borax 2) Epsom salts, and 3) Borax and Epsom salts. Both 1 and 2 grew crystals, but the mix of Borax and Epsom salt, tested both hot and cold, didn't "grow" anything and nothing has formed upon evaporation.
Sprout: The crystals didn't like this metallic pipe cleaner.
Me: Yeah, they seem to prefer natural materials over synthetic ones, man-made things.
Sprout: Human-made, Mom. You don't know if a man or a woman made them.
Right you are, Sprout. :P
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We set up three different solutions: 1) Borax 2) Epsom salts, and 3) Borax and Epsom salts. Both 1 and 2 grew crystals, but the mix of Borax and Epsom salt, tested both hot and cold, didn't "grow" anything and nothing has formed upon evaporation.
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Date: 27 Apr 2016 02:12 pm (UTC)Ironically, right before seeing your entry I was reading about Louis Pasteur and crystals of tartaric acid, their chirality and optical activity.
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Date: 4 May 2016 10:12 am (UTC)