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When a solid becomes a gas, it's a change of state, and it's a physical change. We call the transformation of a solid directly into a gas sublimation. Dry ice, which is solid carbon dioxide, will sublime and become a gas under normal circumstances without first melting and becoming a liquid.

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The process of a gas changing directly to a solid or a solid changing directly to a gas is called sublimation. A common example of this is dry ice.

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A gas turning directly to a solid without being a liquid is call deposition.

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What is it called when a gas changes directly to a solid?

When a gas changes directly to a solid it is called deposition.


What is it when a solid changes directly to a gas?

When a gas changes directly to a solid it is called deposition.


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