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Solid iodine is heated and immediately produces a toxic, purple, gas. Which phase change has occurred here?

Melting

Sublimation

Condensation

Evaporation

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The answer would be evaporation because the solid iodine turned into a gas
User Aris Bartee
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Answer:

Sublimation

Step-by-step explanation:

Sublimation is the direct conversion of a solid to a gas.

A. is wrong. Melting is the conversion of a solid to a liquid.

C. is wrong. Condensation is the conversion of a gas to a liquid.

D. is wrong. Evaporation is the conversion of a liquid to a gas.

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