Expectation VS Reality Science Edition....

Strap yourself in cause yall mudderfluckers gonna be learned today!

So this drunk arse bitch decides to buy some bismuth ingots... look like big ole lumps of metal. I know, excitement plus right?! Yall gotta lay off the late night rum spending on ebay....

These big ole Bismuth chunks bust their arse and melt at 271.5°C (520.7°F for thems American folk). It's non toxic, so yall won't kill no little critter if yall decide it be some good distraction for yall crotch goblins to watch you do in the holidays at home (still, open a window!)

The crystals form downward without you seeing them all secretive and shit as it cools, so the deeper the molten metal the bigger the crystals. This is why I be melting it in a milk frothing cup. It was the smallest metal "pot" i could find as i only had half a kilo (~1lbs) of the stuff

When you first pull the crystals out they're silver but quickly pull a Michael Jackson on your arse and change colour. Thems turn all LBGT like with them pretty colors as the metal oxidizes

Here are some of the results... The crystals are only small as my molten metal was only about 1cm deep.

Bit of a mess but is cool

Perdy colours and wack structures

Gets these crazy arse patterns going on

These sons of bitches is hard to take a decent photo of that shows off all thems good bits...

This was more the expectation, but alas still awesome.

Class dismissed. Carry on with yall cat pics....