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In the Classroom
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Crystallization from a Supersaturated Solution of Sodium Acetate
Jamil Ahmad
Department of Chemistry, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana

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November 2000
Vol. 77 No. 11
p. 1446

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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*  Citation
Ahmad, Jamil. J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77 1446.
*  Keywords
Demonstrations; Crystallography / Crystal Growth; Solutions / Solvents; General Chemistry
*  History
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October 6, 2000
April 15, 2005
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