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Re: Missing term



I have fusion as the aggregation of particles, often by heat or impact.

Brian W

At 11:30 AM 8/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Fusion is the transition from a liquid to a solid. The counterpart t=
o "fusion" is "melting". (I can't think of any synonym for "melting"=
that ends in "ion".) Also, I prefer the term "desublimation" to "de=
position". Thus, I would list the phase transitions as follows:

vaporization - condensation
sublimation - desublimation
melting - fusion

Daniel Crowe

Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!