Re: Missing term

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

condensation   generic for both state transformations to liquid and
solid:  logical, otherwise condensed matter would not include (the)
solid state

bc

Edmiston, Mike wrote:

> 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 searc=
> h
> for "deposition" you will get 1,400,000 hits, many of which are not t=
> he
> 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