Sublimation<\/em> means the change from solid to gas state without becoming liquid in between.<\/p>\n In everyday life, sublimation is seldom observed, but there is a great example I heard from a science teacher in elementary school:<\/p>\n Imagine hanging clothes to dry outside on a bright, cold winter day when it’s -10°C. At first, the clothes will freeze on the line. Yet, after a few days they will be dry, even though the temp has been -10°C the whole time. Obviously, the water in the clothes couldn’t have thawed, then evaporated. It could only have sublimated (aka sublimed).<\/p>\n To appreciate the anecdote above, it helps to have lived in a place with cold winters where, even then, people hang their laundry to dry.<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n Mish, Frederick C. (editor). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/em>. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.<\/p>\n Mortimer, Charles E. Chemistry<\/em>, sixth edition. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing, 1986.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tutoring science, you cover changes of state. The tutor defines sublimation and relates an example. Sublimation …<\/p>\n