First youre gonna need some solid bismuth ingots which you buy online really cheaply. Melt the bismuth in a stainless steel sauce pan.
Make bismuth crystals in the kitchen 1.
How to make bismuth crystals.
Once molten turn off the heat and skim the oxide and contaminant layer off.
Pour the rest of the liquid bismuth into a separate bowl.
If the crystals are not to your liking the bismuth can be remelted and the process can be repeated until the desired crystals are made.
Crystals should form in the other container as well.
Then youll need safety goggles and leather gloves because while bismuth has a much lower melting point than many other types of metals 2715 0c 5207 0f you dont exactly want to expose your naked flesh and eyeballs to that kind of heat.
Cool the bismuth as slowly as possible for larger crystals.
Wait for the surface to begin to solidify crystals will be forming below as this happens.
How to make bismuth crystals forming your crystals wait for a solid layer to form on top.
Gently move the solid rafts.
The bismuth crystals can be snapped out of the container after the bismuth is completely solid or they whole shape can be saved.
There should be bismuth crystals in the second container.
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