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

Published inChimia, vol. 68, no. 12, p. 893-895
Publication date2014
Abstract

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.

Keywords
  • Chimiscope
  • PhysiScope
  • International Year of Crystallography
  • Contest
  • Crystal growth
  • School
  • Outreach
Citation (ISO format)
PERRET, Didier et al. Crystal-clear : The ‘2014 Most Superlative Crystal Growth Contest’ for School Classes. In: Chimia, 2014, vol. 68, n° 12, p. 893–895. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2014.893
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