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=__**Procedure to making rock candy**__= 1. gather materials (sugar, string, popsickle sticks, beaker, water, oven, etc.) 2. make a seed crystal that will build a bigger surface for your candy to start forming. 3. tie your string to you popsickle stick 4. tie your seed crystal to the bottom the string 5. ajust the string so the seed crystal is not touching the sides or bottom, you want somewhat close to the bottom of your glass jar 6. boil water 7. add little bits of sugar at a time so it accumulate at the bottom of your container, make sure not to add to much sugar. if not accumulated your crystals wont grow properly. 8. add food coloring if you want a colored candy. 9. pour your soluton in the jar, make sure to avoid getting undisolved sugar in your glass jar. 10. place your popsickle stick ontop of the glass jar and let the seed hang. 11. place jar where it wont be touched. 12. after a day the crystal should allready start to grow. 13. let the crystals grow until you want to eat it, or until it stops growing. 14. and wait.

Crystals are formed from atoms and molecules. Nucleation is the process of a crystal growing. The solute particles contact each other and connect with each other. This subunit is larger than an individual particle, so more particles will contact and connect with it. The nucleus will eventually become so big that the crystal will fall of the solution.