Page 2 of the phase diagram comic doesn’t accomplish much on its own, but sets the stage for the upcoming pages. Those of you familiar with computational phase diagrams might already see where this analogy is headed, although there’s still a lot of ground to cover and maybe even a few surprises (unless you are really far ahead), so stay tuned.

And here’s page 2!

To be continued next time, when our protagonist wanders into an experimental synthesis lab…