OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37258

sublimation

Meanings (ES + gloss)
sublimación
The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
It uses dry ice pellets (capsules of frozen carbon dioxide), blown at supersonic speed onto the railhead through a small nozzle. Any leaf contamination on the line is frozen, becom…
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