Sublimated (Adjective)
Meaning
Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid.
Classification
Participial adjectives.
Examples
- Carbon dioxide can exist as a sublimated substance in dry ice, transitioning directly from solid to gas at standard temperature and pressure.
- Sublimated snow directly transforms into water vapor when heated sufficiently in cold, dry environments.
- Water in glaciers sublimates when warmed, producing clouds and ultimately leading to precipitation in the atmosphere.
- Naphthalene's property as a sublimated compound makes it easily turned into gas and dissolvable at normal conditions, found commonly in mothballs.
- Under pressure conditions similar to atmospheric conditions, sublimated ice or solid CO2 instantly change their physical states in remarkable conversions to vapors, both playing important environmental roles in a volatile physical reality of science studies