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sublimation pressure

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sublimation pressure [‚səb·lə′mā·shən ¦presh·ər]
(thermodynamics)
The vapor pressure of a solid.


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Whatever is freeing the dust -- be it mere sublimation of the ice that traps it, electrostatic "levitation," or sudden bursts produced by the exposure of ices whose sublimation pressure is lower than that of water ice -- the expansion of the area covered by dust provides a conspicuous signature.
 
 
 
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