Showing posts with label Physical Chemistry. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The Difference Between Sublimation And Evaporation

 Sublimation and evaporation bring material into vapor phase, then what is the difference between two ?



Sublimation: The transition of a substance from the solid phase
directly to the vapor phase, or vice versa, without passing through an
intermediate liquid phase.


Evaporation: The conversion of a liquid (water) into a vapor (a
gaseous state) usually through the application of heat energy during
the hydrologic cycle; the opposite of condensation.


Source:
http://www.groundwater.org/gi/gwglossary.html