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Eutectic point

Okay kiddo, let me explain what eutectic point is. Imagine you have some candy that is made up of two different things: sugar and flavoring. Now, sometimes when you mix two things together, they can melt and become one liquid. But sometimes, when you mix two things together, they can stay separate even when they are heated up.

When sugar and flavoring are heated up together, they stay separate until they reach a certain temperature. This temperature is called the eutectic point. At the eutectic point, the sugar and flavoring join together and become one liquid.

It's like when you mix water and salt together. If you keep adding salt, it will dissolve into the water and become one liquid. But if you add too much salt, the salt will just sit at the bottom of the cup and not dissolve. The eutectic point is like the perfect amount of salt to add so that it dissolves into the water and becomes one liquid.

So, the eutectic point is the temperature at which two things that don't mix together become one liquid. It's like a special temperature where magic happens and things join together.
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