After the bismuth starts to cool down, crystals will form at the top and grow downward. You're supposed to poke at them a little bit as they grow so they don't get stuck to the bottom of the pan.

In this video I show how I made a mini Jacob's Ladder from an Arc Lighter, and conduct some experiments to answer a viewer question about if a coil of wire could turn my bismuth levitator into a ...

Usual crystal growth requires a very still solution with no movement, and a very slow cool down period. I did quite a lot of experimenting with this method and found that bismuth does not behave ...

Observation of a nematic quantum Hall liquid on the surface of bismuth. Science, 2016; 354 (6310): 316 DOI: 10.1126/science.aag1715 ...

Controllable electron flow in quantum wires Date: February 6, 2019 Source: Princeton University Summary: Scientist have found they can turn on and off the flow of current in a bismuth crystal ...

To obtain the results, the scientists balanced a crystal of high-purity bismuth at the tip of a tiny gold cantilever and measured the minute flexing of the cantilever as the magnetic field changed.