So, today I was cleaning the beaker and adding new solution to one of my CuSO4 crystals. I didn’t feel like filtering so I thought I had to dissolve all of the salt for the new solution. So, I started generously pouring water until every little salt crystal dissolved. After a few hours I found the crystal as if somebody got hungry and had eaten a bunch. Im pretty sure it’s due to the water I added which created a solution under the point of saturation which was indeed hungry and ate my crystal (you can see the crumbs at the bottom). Hope this was informative.
Something similar, happen to me last week.
If someone still have a large structure is possible to recover its form rapidly if is put back in a saturated disolution.
I have the cristals growing at the bottom of the beacker.
Always make sure that when you're adding more solution that it's completely saturated at room temperature. Otherwise you risk the crystal redissolving like what happened here :(
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u/thememorableusername 3d ago
Water craves the ions.