But it sharpens and crystallizes when it's tested and we've had a lot of tests".
A molten metal normally crystallizes when it solidifies; it wasn't until the late 1950s that scientists discovered the existence of crystal-free (that is, amorphous) metals.
If the sugar crystallizes when it cools, either too much water boiled away, or not all the sugar dissolved.
MSU crystallizes when its plasma concentration exceeds its solubility (around 7 mg/dl, or 420 μmol/l).
Quantifying the effect is impossible, but it's real, and it was crystallized when the season went downhill.
The impression of deep and intensive activity crystallizes when we add to this list the initiatives such as the putting in place of a European Association of Music Festivals and even the first steps that led to the creation of the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), a laboratory of research in basic physics, also based in Geneva.
Because it does not crystallize when heated, it is particularly valued as an ingredient in candies.
As the enamel gradually cools, it crystallizes and, when smoothed, takes on greater lustre and colour.
As any seven-year-old or frustrated parent knows, cotton candy can crystallize when it gets compressed or wet or drooled on or whatever.
The cancellation made clear that the White House decided it was not, a calculation crystallized when American officials learned of Russia's asylum decision in Mr. Snowden's case at the same time the news media did.
It turns out that the soapy orbs crystallize when faced with freezing temperatures from around nine to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, morphing into fragile, glass-like sculptures.
