Physics · Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, calorimetry, change of state, latent heat

Sublimation is a technique that helps chemists to:

Sublimation is a technique that helps chemists to:

  • A. break
  • B. purify
  • C. melt
  • D. freeze

Step-by-step solution

Sublimation is a phase transition where a solid turns directly into a gas. Chemists use this technique to separate and purify substances because impurities that do not sublime are left behind, while the pure substance can be collected as a solid or vapor.
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