Water has 3 states. Gas(vapour) to liquid- condensatiion. Liquid to gas-evaporation. Solid(ice) to a gas, skipping the liquid state?
2007-07-16 05:55:51 · 6 answers · asked by BLUE 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
When water goes from solid to gas, it's called sublimation. Sublimation is a term used in chemistry to describe any change from solid to gas, no matter what the substance is (hell, if you could make butter spontaneously evaporate, that would be called sublimation too), but it's also a term used in psychoanalysis. If you're talking to good ol' Dr. Freud, sublimation means turning a primative impulse into something socially acceptable. An example would be: "Brian was attracted to his hot English teacher, but instead of humping her leg he sublimated his lust into something positive by reading all of Shakespeare's plays (even if it was just to impress her)."
2007-07-17 13:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by Emmature 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sublimation.
2007-07-16 05:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by therealchuckbales 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solid to gas phase transition is called sublimation.
2007-07-16 06:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All together now - sublimation!
2007-07-16 06:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by John R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sublimation
2007-07-16 05:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
OH BOY!!!
Does any one have any Dry Ice?
2007-07-16 07:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by cpuguy_1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋