Kidney stones are made from mineral and acid salts (Mayo Clinic). Kidney stones are often formed in our kidneys, usually because of urine becomes highly concentrated, which allow the minerals and salts to stick together and form the stone (Mayo Clinic. The picture below from the New York Times, shows where kidney stones are usually formed, in the major calyces, where they then travel down the ureter, where it usually becomes painful (NYT).
There are several objectives to this experiment: first, making artificial kidney stones that would resemble ones made in the body, and second, see what kind of things help to dissolve artificially-made kidney stones. To make the artificial kidney stones, the right chemicals must be used to be able…