what is sublimation and it's principle
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Sublimation is a process in which a solid turns directly into gas without passing into liquid state. It works on the principle that solids have a weak intermolecular force hence a higher vapour pressure which converts it into directly vapour state.
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We can define sublimation as the transition of a substance from the solid phase to the gaseous phase without changing into the liquid phase. This process is an endothermic phase transition that occurs at a temperature and pressure below the triple point of the substance. Desublimation or deposition is the reverse of this process in which a gas is directly converted into solid-state.
Elements and compounds mainly possess three different states at various temperatures.
- The transition from solid state to gaseous state requires a transition of solid-state to liquid state and liquid state to a gaseous state.
- If solids possess sufficient vapour pressure at a particular temperature then they can directly sublime into the air.
- Solids which have high pressure at their triple point show sublimation.
- The triple point is the point at which the pressure and temperature of the substance are such that it can exist in all three states of matter simultaneously. The triple point is a characteristic point of a substance.
- There are various examples of sublimation which are experienced by us in our everyday life.
The best example of sublimation is dry ice which is a frozen form of carbon dioxide. When dry ice gets exposed to air, dry ice directly changes its phase from solid-state to gaseous state which is visible as fog. Frozen carbon dioxide in its gaseous state is more stable than in its solid-state.
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