desublimation
Gas becomes solid
Desublimation is the direct transition of a gas into a solid without passing through a liquid state—the reverse of sublimation.
Frost forming on cold surfaces from water vapor is desublimation: The windshield was covered in frost from overnight desublimation.
Also called deposition in scientific contexts.
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- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- solidificationTransition to firm state
thermodynamics · kinetics · equilibrium · enthalpy · entropy · exothermic · temperature · pressure
Thin ice coating
- hoarfrostFrozen fog deposit
- snowflakesFrozen precipitation crystals
- rimeGranular ice deposit
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
winter · glaciation · cirrus · polar · alpine
Removal of contaminants
- coatingApplied surface covering
- thin-filmUltra-shallow material layer
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- freeze-dryingPreservation through vacuum sublimation
manufacturing · metallurgy · nanotechnology · refinement · distillation
deposition
Formal testimony under oath
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
solidification · thermodynamics · kinetics · equilibrium · enthalpy · entropy · exothermic · temperature · pressure · saturation
frost
Thin ice coating
- hoarfrostFrozen fog deposit
- snowflakesFrozen precipitation crystals
- rimeGranular ice deposit
purification
Removal of contaminants
- coatingApplied surface covering
- thin-filmUltra-shallow material layer
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
freeze-drying · manufacturing · metallurgy · nanotechnology · refinement · distillation
desublimationsublimation
Solid to gas directly
subliming · vaporization · ablation · volatilization · heat absorption
sublime, sublimate, sublimated, sublimating, sublimation, sublimations, subliminal, subliminally, sublimity