Crystal-clear : The "2014 Most Superlative Crystal Growth Contest" for School Classes

Article Article scientifique Article Crystal-clear : The "2014 Most Superlative Crystal Growth Contest" for School Classes eng 2014 author Perret Didier 22934 author Hagemann Hans-Rudolf 26435 author Cerny Radovan 28214 author Renner Christoph 0000-0001-9882-681X 24186 author Giannini Enrico 0000-0003-3536-4771 503364 author Guenee Laure 115015 author Besnard Céline 682138 author Gerard David 27973 author Windels Lionel 135241 893-895 10.2533/chimia.2014.893 0009-4293 To celebrate the International Year of Crystallography among the general public, a consortium of chemists, physicists and crystallographers of the University of Geneva organised in Spring 2014 an incentive crystal growth contest for Geneva scholars aged 4 to 19. Starting from a kit containing a salt and user instructions, classes had to prepare a crystal that met specific criteria according to their category of age. The composition of the salt – potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) – was only disclosed to the participants during the final Awards Ceremony. This contest positively exceeded our expectations with almost 100 participating classes (ca. 1800 participants) and 54 specimens received over all categories. Chimiscope PhysiScope International Year of Crystallography Contest Crystal growth School Outreach Dewey 500.2 Dewey 540 33 Département de physique de la matière quantique 131 36 Département de chimie organique 141 38 Département de chimie physique 142 40 Département de chimie minérale, analytique et appliquée 145 false 806 Groupe Cerny 783 Groupe Renner Chimia 68 12 7a6afd21-0037-4560-a64b-c774bcc160cf Article (Published version) Restricted Chimiscope_Chimia_68_2014_final.pdf 267906 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique de la matière quantique Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie organique Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie physique Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie minérale, analytique et appliquée

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