Hi,
Maybe we could just state the obvious, ie, that the crystals were
'Cryo-preserved' in liquid N2.
Cheers
Ganesh
Le 16/11/12 16:27, Enrico Stura a écrit :
> As a referee I also dislike the word "freezing" but only if improperly
> used:
> "The crystals were frozen in LN2" is not acceptable because it is the
> outside
> liquor that is rapidly cooled to cryogenic temperatures.
>
> But the use of "freezing" used as the opposite of "melting" is fine
> and does not
> imply a crystalline state. Ice is not always crystalline either:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous_ice
>
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