AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 6.3.1.2 · Paper 5
Revise: Changes of StateSublimation: solid → gas directly, without passing through the liquid state.
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GCSE Combined Science · key term
The change of state directly from solid to gas, without becoming liquid first.
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Specification 6.3.1.2 · Paper 5
Revise: Changes of StateSublimation: solid → gas directly, without passing through the liquid state.
Specification States of matter · Paper 3, Paper 4, Paper 5, Paper 6
The change directly from solid to gas, without becoming a liquid.
Revise: States of matterSublimation is solid → gas: particles leave their fixed arrangement and become widely separated, gaining energy. Solid carbon dioxide is an example. Deposition is the reverse, gas → solid: particles lose energy and become held in fixed positions without first forming a liquid.
A change directly from solid to gas, without passing through the liquid state.
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