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Materials:
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup of water
- clean glass jar
- cotton string
- pencil or knife
- food coloring (optional)
- 1/2 tsp to 1tsp flavoring oil or extract (optional)
- pan
- stove or microwave
- First pour the sugar and water into a pan
- Next, heat the mixture. Stir constantly until it reaches a boil. Do not go any lower or further than boiling.
- Stir until the sugar has fully dissolved. Stir until the solution has no more specks of sugar and is fully dissolved. Food color or flavoring can be added, but note that any acid flavoring may slow down crystal formation.
- Move the pot into the refrigerator to cool. The temperature you should aim to reach is 50°F. This makes it so that the chances of the sugar dissolving on your string slimmer because the cooling of the mixture makes the sugar more soluble.
- Prepare your cotton string by tying it to a pencil or object that can rest on top of the clean jar. Do not let string touch sides or bottom of pot.
- Pour solution into the jar and then, place your cotton string back into the jar.
- Cover the jar with a paper towel or coffee filter to keep solution clean but also allowing air flow.
- Your crystals will form within 3-7 days.
- Wear Safety Goggles while boiling solution.
- Do not touch the pan or mixture at any given time.
- Solids melt at higher temperatures.
- When a heated liquid cools, it then becomes a solid.
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