“The changing of a solid directly into vapours on heating, and of vapours into solid on cooling is known as sublimation.”

➢ The common substance which undergo sublimation are : Ammonium chloride, Iodine, Comphor, Naphthalene and Anthracene etc.
➢ Another example of sublimation is provided by solid carbon dioxide (which is commonly known as dry ice).
➢ Solid carbon dioxide (or dry ice) sublimes to form carbon dioxide gas.