How come the crystallization temperature is determined during cool-down and not as soon as the substance dissolves?
For example, if I'm trying to find the crystallization temperature of salt or sugar, how come I'm supposed to use the temperature at which it crystallizes when cooling down instead of just taking the temperature at which it fully dissolves?
Isn't that the same difference as ice freezing/melting? I'm guessing there's some good reasoning here, but I'm just not quite sure what it is ;-)
2007-04-24
16:52:04
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Josh
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