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MCAT Chemistry Question — State Change

  • by John
  • Jul 17, 2017
  • MCAT Question of the Day

At low pressures and temperatures, water can go directly from ice to water vapor. This state change is known as:

 

A. sublimation

B. deposition

C. vaporization

D. gaseous melting

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A state change from solid to gas is sublimation.

 

A. sublimation, correct.

B. deposition, incorrect, Deposition is gas to solid.

C. vaporization, incorrect, vaporization is liquid to gas.

D. gaseous melting, incorrect, there is no such thing as gaseous melting.

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