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A famous example would be carbon dioxide (CO2). Changing from a solid to a gas is called sublimation and happens for most substances at certain temperatures and pressures. The substances that are known for subliming are the ones that do it at atmospheric pressure and room temperature.

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Solids that can change directly from the solid to gaseous state , without passing on to the liquid state are called sublimable solids. Examples are Iodine, Carbon Dioxide (dry ice), Naphthalene (moth balls) and Ammonium Chloride.

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The process in which a substance turns directly from a solid to a gas is called sublimation. Iodine and solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) are some substances that sublime.

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iodine and it is used in finding fingerprints by the police.

It turns from a solid to a gas at a low temperature.

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