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The thermodynamics problem of crystallization of a heated tube domain is studied. The authors state and study the identification problem of finding an unknown internal boundary (interface) separating the medium into two heterogeneous parts where the interface may be associated with the so-called crystallization front. The aim of the article is to give qualitative and quantitative predictions of some geometric characteristics of the interface, based on knowledge about some observations or measurements and the governing equations modeling the crystallization phenomenon. Typically, the heat state of the medium is described by the heat equation and, mathematically, the model looks like the two-phase Stefan problem. Tests of optimality are exposed which enable us to reach a multiple precision of evaluation at the points located at maximum object distance. The response function is analyzed with respect to perturbations of the parameters, and a comparative analysis of the spectra and weights of optimal designs is also presented.