Vaporization, conversion of a substance from the liquid or solid phase into the gaseous (vapour) phase. If conditions allow the formation of vapour bubbles within a liquid, the vaporization process is called boiling. Direct conversion from solid to vapour is called sublimation.

The water cycle is often taught as a simple circular cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

Deposition is the phase transition in which gas transforms into solid without passing through the liquid phase. Deposition is a thermodynamic process. The reverse of deposition is sublimation and hence sometimes deposition is called desublimation.

To help you gain a better understanding of this process, here are some real-life examples of sublimation:

• Dry Ice. As mentioned earlier, dry ice is one of the most popular examples of sublimation in real life.
• Water.
• Specialized Printers.
• Moth Balls.
• Freeze Drying.
• Air Fresheners.

Dry ice, Solid Iodine, and Ammonium Chloride are examples of Sublimation. It is a much less frequent transformation of matter than evaporation or fusion, which usually requires the injection of caloric energy until reaching a variable point according to the nature of the matter, called sublimation point.

Freezing point is the temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid at normal atmospheric pressure. Alternatively, a melting point is the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid at normal atmospheric pressure.

The typical approach to clearing off the ice is to use a deicing solution once the ice has built up. The fluid created by the Ames team, though, when applied to a dry surface, prevents the ice from even forming a surface bond, which saves deicing time and money, while also preventing excessive use of chemical solvents.