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===Water===
[[Snow]] and [[ice]] sublime gradually at temperatures below the solid-liquid boundary (melting point) (generally 0 °C), and at partial pressures below the triple point pressure of {{convert|612|Pa|atm|abbr=on}}, at a low rate.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fassnacht |first=S. R. |year=2004 |title=Estimating Alter-shielded gauge snowfall undercatch, snowpack sublimation, and blowing snow transport at six sites in the coterminous USA |journal=Hydrol. Process. |doi=10.1002/hyp.5806 |bibcode=2004HyPr...18.3481F |volume=18 |issue=18 |pages=3481–3492|s2cid=129927018 }}</ref> In [[freeze-drying]], the material to be dehydrated is frozen and its water is allowed to sublime under reduced pressure or vacuum. The loss of snow from a [[snowfield]] during a cold spell is often caused by sunshine acting directly on the upper layers of the snow. Sublimation of ice is a factor to the erosive wear of [[glacier ice]],
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