AFAICT that is, to a large degree, what the author did. Much of the initial "exploration" seems to have been done in Thermo-Calc, with physical experiments foll

AFAICT that is, to a large degree, what the author did. Much of the initial "exploration" seems to have been done in Thermo-Calc, with physical experiments following. IMO the novelty in process is more exciting than the novelty of the result.