How do you make iodized salt crystals?

Answer 1

Suspend a string into a glass of salt solution and allow the water to evaporate, the salt will collect on the string in crystals. Making rock candy can be done the same way if you use sugar instead.

Answer 2

There are two ways, the quick way, and the slow way.

Way One:

1) Find a glass, and fill it with hot water.

2) Add in regular table salt (just table salt because it's chemical composition is sodium chloride - Na + Cl)

3) Keep mixing in the table salt until the water can't absorb anymore salt.

4) Set the glass in the microwave and boil off all the water, or if you're one of the cautious ones, just set it out in the sun to evaporate.

Way Two:

1) Do same things as steps 1-3 in Way One, but after that take a pencil and tie a string to it. At the end of the string, tie a heavy object, but make sure it isn't metal because if it is, it will rust and give the water a horrid look and smell.

2) Drop your string into the center of the glass.

3) Set the glass in a sunny window, or a place where it won't be disturbed for at least a few weeks.

4) Extract your crystals.

The table salt by the way are already iodized salt crystals, but just crushed up into small pieces.

Answer 3

Iodized salt is made by mixing sodium chloride (table salt) with a small amount of potassium iodide or potassium iodate. The iodine is added to prevent iodine deficiency, which can lead to thyroid problems. The salt mixture is then dried and processed into the fine crystals we use for cooking and seasoning.

Answer 4

Evaporating slowly water from a sodium chloride solution we can obtain crystals.