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{{Short description|Transition from solid to gas without melting}}

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The reverse process of sublimation is [[deposition (phase transition)|''deposition'']] (also called ''desublimation''), in which a substance passes directly from a gas to a solid phase, without passing through the liquid state.<ref name="DepositionDef">{{cite journal |title=Controlling condensation and frost growth with chemical micropatterns |first1=Jonathan B. |last1=Boreyko |first2=Ryan R. |last2=Hansen |first3=Kevin R. |last3=Murphy |first4=Saurabh |last4=Nath |first5=Scott T. |last5=Retterer |first6=C. Patrick |last6=Collier |journal=Scientific Reports |year=2016 |volume=6 |pages=19131 |doi=10.1038/srep19131 |pmid=26796663 |pmc=4726256 |bibcode=2016NatSR...619131B}}</ref>

Technically, all solids may sublime, though most sublime at extremely low rates under usual conditions that are hardly detectable under usual conditions. At [[standard conditions for temperature and pressure|normal pressures]], most [[chemical compound]]s and [[chemical element|elements]] possess three different states at different [[temperature]]s. In these cases, the transition from the [[solid]] to the [[gas]] state requires an intermediate liquid state. The pressure referred to is the ''[[partial pressure|''partial]]'' [[partial pressure|pressure]] of the substance, not the ''total'' (e.g. atmospheric) pressure of the entire system. Thus, any solid can sublime if its [[vapour pressure]] is higher than the surrounding partial pressure of the same substance, and in some cases, sublimessublimation occurs at an appreciable rate (e.g. water ice just below 0&nbsp;°C).

For some substances, such as [[carbon]] and [[arsenic]], sublimation from solid state is much more achievable than [[evaporation]] from liquid state and it is difficult to obtain them as liquids. This is because the pressure of their [[triple point]] in its [[phase diagram]] (which corresponds to the lowest pressure at which the substance can exist as a liquid) is very high.

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The result of the sublimation process is a nearly permanent, high resolution, full color print. Because the dyes are infused into the substrate at the molecular level, rather than applied at a topical level (such as with screen printing and direct to garment printing), the prints will not crack, fade or peel from the substrate under normal conditions.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==Table of phase transitions of matter==

{{Table of phase transitions}}

==See also==

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*[[Phase diagram]]

*[[Phase transition|Phase transitions]]

==Table of phase transitions of matter==

{{Table of phase transitions}}

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==References==