DIY borax crystals! (And the science behind them!)

Borax Crystals! One the the best experiments for younger kids, and an awesome teaching tool for supersaturated solutions, solubility curves and introduction to chemistry experiments! Borax crystal growing is very simply but tin this video I want to take it a bit further and show how solubility curves and graphs work and how to read them.

00:00 Intro to Destructive Creativity and supersaturated solutions
00:45 What is Borax? And the quick and easy method.
01:55 Solubility curves
02:40 Making DIY Borax crystals
07:00 Showing our borax crystals.

Today I will show you How To Make Borax Crystals at home! Making these is super easy and you only need a few ingredients to grow giant crystals at home. Everything you need for this science experiment is cheap and easy to find! Diy Borax crystals are something that you can make with your friends and end up with beautiful crystals that looks like real treasure!
Destructive Creativity and Jonathan Allers are dedicated to providing safe and fun science facts and experiments for all ages. Please practice science safely and responsibly. Always use proper supervision. Now go out and learn something!

[kayperrault]

This worked thanks - but how do I clean up my glass beakers from the crystals?

[Voodoo_ICN]

My ten year old chose to do her report/experiment on crystals. She grew Borax crystals to demonstrate time and temperature effects on crystals growth. We came across a surprise.

We created a vat of supersaturated liquid. We divided it into 4 glasses. 1 glass placed on a counter in sun light, 1 glass placed in darkness, 1 glass with a fan blowing on it and 1 glass in an insulated lunchbox.

3 grew as expected. The 1 in the lunchbox hardly grew at all, until.... we pulled it out once it hit ambient temperature (75°). We noted the lack of growth and taken pictures. After 5 minutes we noticed crystals rapidly forming on the sides of the glass. At 10 minutes crystals formed completely around the glass and was warmer than when pulled out. Exothermic reaction. It jumped up 15°.

Our hypothesis was that slowing the cooling on that particular glass would allow for larger crystal growth. But the rapid growth with exothermic reaction shocked us!

[johnathonmcalister]

This is pretty old, but just came up as a suggested video. I just wanted to note that adding food color to the solution is a tough way to color crystals, as crystallization is a technique for purifying substances. This is why you end up with pastel colors. Copper sulfate can be used to create deep blue crystals.

[miniscenesgb]

wow great results. And so well explained. I wish they'd made science this much fun when I was a kid lol. Gonna try this

[-hn-n]

🌟 Your crystal-making skills are pure magic! Watching those delicate structures form is like witnessing a tiny universe unfold. Keep sharing your creative experiments—it’s inspiring! ✨🔮

[evelynd.varsovia]

Thank you for your great explanation about the science behind the formation of crystals using borax.

[DestructiveCreativity]

I love seeing the crystal structures of different solutions! Do you have a favourite experiment? Let me know!

[jessie]

Im not kidding my teacher put this vid up for a science experiment thing

[Peleski]

Can you re-immerse to get bigger crystals, and maybe change the dye colour to something diff?

[izzy_fiZZyy]

I'm going to try this for my science experiment for school!

[ShirleyLuStudio]

How long the crystal lasts? Will it break down, melt etc due to the moisture in the air or hot and cold in temperatures during storage in the attic?

[aviastanton]

I’m hoping to do this with my 10th grade class and I’m wondering if you need to suspend something for the crystals to grow around or will they just form on the bottom of a beaker?
Hope you see this! Love your video!

[mariamrammal]

Hiya nice work please I will like to ask, if I am to reuse the solution already used to build a crystal, do I boil the solution again before putting my pipe cleaner for another form?

[dollihombs]

Do I have to use a glass container? Or will a pot or plastic container be ok?

[GodsWordMadeSimple]

Another awesome video, thank you my friend! I will look forward to doing this one for sure. I will say the sober side of me says yes always clean stuff, however they left over side of me says hey for getting to clean stuff is how some of the greatest inventions of all time have happened. Of course the statistics we don't hear is how many people died from not doing that so there's that haha! Great video keep it up!

[trxppy_happy_]

The only reason I remember this is because my 5th grade science teacher had us do this experiment i loved it!

[careyjamesmajeski]

Cool bro. Good luck with your channel.

[musiccreations]

dose we use any other item with that one stick

[BeerAdventureDiaries]

I wonder if a thermos for say...soup would work better. Also I wonder if you can double dunk it. Say you start your shape one colour, could you finish that batch then change it to a second batch colours or would the new heat mess up your crystals?

[Trisha-]

My granddaughter and I are going to have a try at this, but Im worried how to dispose of the liquid which is left over. Is it toxic or can it be washed away in the sink safely? Have to think of the environment these days.