Technical details for Narayan Variankaval images:
The images were captured with a Polaroid camera attached to a Leica microscope. The magnification was 10X. They were then transferred to Image Pro Plus, a hi-gauss filter was applied and contrast and brightness were adjusted to obtain the results.
Description of Azobenzene & Menthol - Mixed Before Melting
The image shows the morphology formed on cooling a binary mixture of azobenzene and menthol at the eutectic composition from above the eutectic melting point. The mixture was heated in an oven to above 60C and immediately transferred to a microscope slide with a cover slip and allowed to cool. The image was captured after equilibrating at ambient conditions for ~5 minutes. The faceted morphology of the crystals formed depend on the melting properties of the individual compounds.
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