Of course, no one uses strings and a glass of supersaturated water, but the concept is basically the same. In protein crystallization ... In the microbatch method, the solution is incubated under a ...

Under specific conditions, a liquid solution can form solid crystals, often due to environmental ... tends to become supersaturated in closed systems and can crystallize in cooler temperatures.

A reusable hot pack made of a supersaturated sodium acetate solution that crystallizes spontaneously ... Due to differences in energy density, the crystallization of sodium acetate releases more heat ...

Heat packs that contain supersaturated sodium acetate: These are reusable, the packs are boiled to dissolve sodium acetate. Inside is a metal clicker, once the pack cools to room temperature, ...