Sublimation
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Sublimation
Last unit we talked about how increasing pressure would push the equilibrium towards the side with less moles or more compact molecules, thus creating more solids in some cases. I was wondering in cases which two gases go straight to a solid how it bypasses the step of turning into a liquid, like water does.
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Re: Sublimation
Increasing pressure would push the equilibrium towards the side with less gaseous moles. It does not apply to solids or liquids.
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Re: Sublimation
I suppose it would be able to bypass the step of turning into a liquid because of incredibly strong intermolecular forces, however I do not know if this would create solid materials or incredibly viscous non-newtonian-like fluids
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Re: Sublimation
Yeah how do compounds like CO2 in the form of dry ice go straight from being a solid to a liquid? Does CO2 even have a liquid state, and if not, how is that possible?
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Re: Sublimation
In response to the question about dry ice, it is special in the way that carbon in the form of dry ice goes directly to a gas phase and doesn't become a liquid. Sublimation occurs because the phase change happens at temperatures and pressures that can't allow the compound to be liquid. It requires a lot of energy in the form of heat to skip the liquid phase.
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Re: Sublimation
It will bypass the liquid state if there is not enough pressure for the compound to form a liquid state, and thus will skip directly to the gas phase. For there to be a liquid state, the pressure would have to be very high.
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