nucleation
n=3
a: Nucleation ~
b: a game of dice
What: "that nucleation is like a game of dice is known for almost hundred years.
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 11 2013 7:01 PM
# 3973 Critique Analogy
The Seed Sprouts And Grows
a: Nucleation ~
b: germination of the crystal
What: "If the funky fused glass had been caused by crystal growth, it would make sense that it happens during cooling. The mechanism for crystal growth (also called devitrification) has two phases: nucleation and growth. Nucleation is like germination of the crystal. It happens at higher temperatures (above 1500F). Then crystal growth takes place at lower temperatures (between 1000 and 1200F). That is one reason many people think the glass fogs only as it cools. If you want to learn more about this, Google glass-ceramics, or go to any materials science library. There are many books on it."
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Writer: Edward Boisson
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Date: Oct 11 2013 7:05 PM
# 3974 Critique Analogy
Rough Spots=nucleating Agent
a: Nucleation ~
b: rough spots in a beer
What: "Mentos, with their gnarly rough surface comprise thousands of tiny pits which are perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form as it wants to desperately escape from the prison of the coke liquid. This 'nucleation' is like when the rough spots in a beer glass allow bubbles to form that that rise to the top of the beer."
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Writer: rashbre
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Date: Oct 11 2013 7:06 PM
# 4019 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.