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Jamil Ahmad

Department of Chemistry, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana

J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (11), p 1446

DOI: 10.1021/ed077p1446

Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2000

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

An overhead projector demonstration is described, in which sodium acetate trihydrate crystallizes out from a supersaturated solution that has been poured on a transparency. When seeded with a crystal of the salt, crystallization starts, and its progress can be followed on the screen.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

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Demonstrations

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Overhead Projector Demonstrations

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Crystals / Crystallography

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