Crystal-clear - The '2014 Most Superlative Crystal Growth Contest' for School Classes.
To celebrate the International Year of Crystallography among the general public, a consortium of chemists, physicists and crystallographers of the University of Geneva organised in Spring 2014 an incentive crystal growth contest for Geneva scholars aged 4 to 19. Starting from a kit containing a salt and user instructions, classes had to prepare a crystal that met specific criteria according to their category of age. The composition of the salt - potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) - was only disclosed to the participants during the final Awards Ceremony. This contest positively exceeded our expectations with almost 100 participating classes (ca. 1800 participants) and 54 specimens received over all categories.
Chimiscope and Section de chimie et biochimie, University of Geneva, Switzerland. chimiscope@unige.ch.
Didier
D
Perret
Chimiscope and Section de chimie et biochimie, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Hans
H
Hagemann
Laboratoire de cristallographie, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Radovan
R
Černý
PhysiScope and Section de physique, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Christoph
C
Renner
Section de physique, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Enrico
E
Giannini
Laboratoire de cristallographie, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Laure
L
Guénée
Laboratoire de cristallographie, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Céline
C
Besnard
Chimiscope and Section de chimie et biochimie, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
David
D
Gérard
Section de physique, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Lionel
L
Windels