A topic of discussion came up in another post (how long would it take) that I thought deserved it's own place
For those out there that reside in higher latitudes, a good alternative to freeze precipitation in a freezer is to do it outdoors in the winter time. If the solvent is placed outside in the afternoon and left until the middle of the night you get a nice smooth temperature drop down to what can be much colder than in a freezer. This yields nice big crystals without the need to do a repeated freezer to fridge swap. The idea is similar to using a cooler warmer like was talked about here, to slowly drop the temperature over time.
Just something to think about on a cold December afternoon. Anyone else tried this? An acquaintance has great results doing this
For those out there that reside in higher latitudes, a good alternative to freeze precipitation in a freezer is to do it outdoors in the winter time. If the solvent is placed outside in the afternoon and left until the middle of the night you get a nice smooth temperature drop down to what can be much colder than in a freezer. This yields nice big crystals without the need to do a repeated freezer to fridge swap. The idea is similar to using a cooler warmer like was talked about here, to slowly drop the temperature over time.
Just something to think about on a cold December afternoon. Anyone else tried this? An acquaintance has great results doing this