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==Key Stage 3==
 
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===Meaning===
'''Subliming''' is when a [[solid]] turns directly into a [[gas]] without going through a [[liquid]] [[State of Matter|state]].
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'''Subliming''' is an [[endothermic]] process in which a [[solid]] turns directly into a [[gas]] without going through a [[liquid]] [[State of Matter|state]].
  
 
: [[Noun]]: '''Sublimation'''
 
: [[Noun]]: '''Sublimation'''

Revision as of 18:02, 29 September 2018

Key Stage 3

Meaning

Subliming is an endothermic process in which a solid turns directly into a gas without going through a liquid state.

Noun: Sublimation
Verb: To sublime
Present Participle: Subliming

About Subliming

Only a few solids sublime. Frozen Carbon Dioxide will sublime which means it skips the liquid state.
Sublimation is a reversible process. When a solid sublimes into a gas you can deposit that gas back into a solid.
Heating a solid will cause it to sublime into a gas.
When you heat a solid:
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The particles in the solid vibrate faster until they are moving fast enough that they break the bonds holding the particles together. The particles become free to move anywhere which makes the state a gas.