sdriegel
Nov 10/10 - Nucleation
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Chemistry is very cool sometimes - this is a round bottom flask of material I've just synthesized that was originally a yellow oil and is rapidly crystallizing into those little white spheres that you can see. While taking this photo, the spheres actually grew together into a big crystal film. Seriously, I know, I know, very nerdy but also very cool. Growing crystals of what I make is one of the most important things in synthetic chemistry.....so of course, I can never seem to grow crystals of the compounds that I actually need to!
ISO 200, 1/25 sec, f/5.0.
Nov 10/10 - Nucleation
[102/365]
Chemistry is very cool sometimes - this is a round bottom flask of material I've just synthesized that was originally a yellow oil and is rapidly crystallizing into those little white spheres that you can see. While taking this photo, the spheres actually grew together into a big crystal film. Seriously, I know, I know, very nerdy but also very cool. Growing crystals of what I make is one of the most important things in synthetic chemistry.....so of course, I can never seem to grow crystals of the compounds that I actually need to!
ISO 200, 1/25 sec, f/5.0.