I agree with Bob Cohen that deposition is the reverse of sublimation,
except I have most often heard it as "vapor deposition." I think it is
perfectly proper to use the word deposition by itself, but in my
experience I have more often heard it with vapor tacked in front.
Interestingly this is also germane to searching. If you Google search
for "deposition" you will get 1,400,000 hits, many of which are not the
reverse of sublimation. If you type "vapor deposition" you will get
about 80,000 hits, most of which are the reverse of sublimation.
(Okay, I did't check *most* of them, but it sure looks like "vapor
deposition" is the way you would want to search for this.)
Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Bluffton College
Bluffton, OH 45817
(419)-358-3270
edmiston@bluffton.edu