Want this question answered?
crystals, grown from sugar
Patika bellam is Telugu for rock candy. This candy is created by using a supersaturated solution of sugar with water to make crystals on surfaces that allow for crystal nucleation. Some of these are granulated sugar, sticks, strings, etc. Color can also be added to the mixture via food coloring. The rock candy crystals should form after about a week.
No, crystals are chemical compounds that are not considered to be alive.
No the color of rock color candy does not change the speed in which it grows.
It's easy to grow your own sugar crystals! Sugar crystals are also known as rock candy since the crystallized sucrose (table sugar) resembles rock crystals and because you can eat your finished product. You can grow beautiful clear sugar crystals with sugar and water or you can add food coloring to get colored crystals. It's simple, safe, and fun. Boiling water is required to dissolve the sugar, so adult supervision is recommended for this project.
It is a solution.
You mean, like the crystals you get when you put a seed crystal of sugar on the end of a string and put the string into a saturated sugar solution? (This is how to make rock candy. It's really cool. You should try it.) The longer you leave the crystals in the saturated solution, the larger they'll get.
there are materials inside of the crystal to help them grow
Learn how to make crystals. This is a collection of easy crystal growing recipes, with photos of what the crystals look like and tips for how to make your crystals a success.Sugar Crystals or Rock CandyAnne Helmenstine Rock candy or sugar crystals are especially good to grow because you can eat the finished crystals! The basic recipe for these crystals is:3 cups sugar1 cup boiling waterYou can add food coloring or flavoring to the liquid, if you want. It's easiest to grow these crystals on a thick string hanging from a pencil or knife into the solution. For best results, remove any crystals that aren't growing on your string.
Rock candy (pure sugar crystals).
I really know actually! all i know is that i'm doing it for my science project! and it's made by seed crystals.
some say it was around 200 C.E but actually that was when the crystals were discoverd but the candy was first made in the 18 century