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Re: Missing term



At 07:18 AM 8/27/03 -0500, you wrote:
melting - freezing
boiling - condensing
sublimating - ???

Being ridiculous, no seriously, I believe subliming can go in either
direction, but does not involve an observable liquid phase. I have seen
Iodine vapor collect on a cool surface forming solid crystals without
forming observable puddles. Iodine in free air will sublime readily, as
will camphor and snow.
Tom Ford