This new technique uses lasers, gold particles, and antifreeze to thwart ice crystal formation when the larvae are warmed.

In ceramic glazes titanium dioxide acts as an opacifier and seeds crystal formation.

These tests often involved mashing or liquifying tissue, followed by such tests as crystal formation, melting and boiling point analysis, color reactions, and titration.

The crystal formation in chocolate can affect many different attributes to the chocolate - mouthfeel, snap of the chocolate, the color, dull or shiny.

As with any crystal structure, lattice vacancies will exist during crystal formation allowing trace elements from the water to bind with the otolith.