Search over 1.4 million articles by over 600 experts
  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Physics

More from About.com

Browse Topics A-Z

"Sublimation"

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones, About.com

Definition: Sublimation is the term for when matter undergoes a phase transition directly from a solid to gaseous form, or vapor, without passing through the more common liquid phase between the two. It is a specific case of vaporization.

The most well known example of a material that undergoes sublimation is dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide.

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Physics
  4. Physics Dictionary
  5. Sublimation - definition of sublimation

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.