Crystallization~
Definition: Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of formation of solid crystals precipitating from a solution, melt or more rarely deposited directly from a gas. In chemical engineering crystallization occurs in a crystallizer. Crystallization is therefore an aspect of precipitation, obtained through a variation of the solubility conditions of the solute in the solvent.
Progress: I set up 24 wells containing different solutes and solvents with various pH's and chemicals. After we set up the wells we let them sit for a period of time (in this case 2 days) and we checked out the results under a microscope. As a result we saw different crystal structures and precipitate but we didn't find the crystal structure that we needed. So were waiting to see if some other crystals are still going to be formed in the wells we already made or if we are going to make new wells with more combinations.
This picture shows when no reactions in the well. No crystals, no precipitate.
This is when the something in the well goes wrong. Amorphous Protein Aggregation.
This is when they form crystals but it isn't quite the structure we need. ~
Definition: Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of formation of solid crystals precipitating from a solution, melt or more rarely deposited directly from a gas. In chemical engineering crystallization occurs in a crystallizer. Crystallization is therefore an aspect of precipitation, obtained through a variation of the solubility conditions of the solute in the solvent.
Progress: I set up 24 wells containing different solutes and solvents with various pH's and chemicals. After we set up the wells we let them sit for a period of time (in this case 2 days) and we checked out the results under a microscope. As a result we saw different crystal structures and precipitate but we didn't find the crystal structure that we needed. So were waiting to see if some other crystals are still going to be formed in the wells we already made or if we are going to make new wells with more combinations.
This picture shows when no reactions in the well. No crystals, no precipitate.
This is when the something in the well goes wrong. Amorphous Protein Aggregation.
This is when they form crystals but it isn't quite the structure we need. ~
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