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Yes, very common. The ice sheets and glaciers diminish by the process of sublimation. The direct passing from solid to vapour without an intervening water phase.
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What is the process by which the earth's atmosphere absorbs heat?
sublimation
What is the process by which the earth atmosphere absorbs heat?
sublimation
What planet does sublimation occur naturally on?
Sublimation occurs naturally on Earth. Snow and ice can sublimate slowly in hot sun.
How ammonium chloride is separated from common salt?
sublimation
Why common salt cannot be purified by sublimation?
Because salt doesn't sublime !
Why common salt cannot purified by sublimation?
vapour pressure of common salt is higher... hence it cannot be sublimed...
What does sublimation means in?
Sublimation is where a substance goes from solid to gas without passing through a liquid phase. Two common products that sublimate are dry ice and naphthalene mothballs.
What is the sublimation of a solid?
Direct conversion into a gas (see dry ice for a common example).
Change of state of solid to gas?
The process is called sublimation. Solids can turn directly into gases, and gases can turn directly into solid without ever being a liquid. Carbon dioxide (dry ice) is a common example of this. Other examples are mothballs, solid air fresheners (Air Wick), and iodine.
What is the differences between sublimation and boiling?
Sublimation is when matter goes from solid directly to a gas. The most common example is when dry ice turns into the visible 'fog' that you see in Halloween displays or at a concert.
What is the process called when ice turns into water vapor?
I think the answer is sublimation
What is the name of a solid turning into a gas?
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