Theory 122/Chocolate tempering/Threshold lens
Tempering Needs Seed Crystals
The claim
Tempering succeeds only above a threshold in the ratio of seed crystals to melt volume, so insufficient seeding produces unstable crystal forms.
01Mechanism
Stable crystals grow from seeds; the ratio determines whether they dominate the final structure.
02Prediction
Success should track the seeding ratio.
03Refutation
Success tracking temperature alone would remove seeding.