Liquid Natural Flatulence

[R. A. Hettinga]

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At 7:56 PM +0100 3/31/04, Jim Dixon wrote:
>"Sublimation of an element or substance is a conversion between the
>solid and the gaseous states with no liquid intermediate stage."

Yes, I know the common definition.

But, like I said, I was told by someone who claimed to know better,
and, thinking about it, I think he's right.

Since some people, like Peter, hypothesize that it's an extreme
example of evaporation and not sublimation, :-), I'm going to go poke
my nephew the chemistry student and see if I can get a pointer to an
authoritative explanation.

How's that?

Cheers,
RAH

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