As soon as I posted a reply to the introduction to solids question, I saw the other responses (I get Lactnet as a daily digest, not as individual emails) and realized mine had nothing new to offer, everything I said had already been said by others, and better, too! So I apologize for the redundancy... 

Kerry McIlvenna-Davis

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