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- both boiling and evaporation are processes where a liquid changes into a gas. what is the key difference between them?
- boiling occurs only at the surface of a liquid, evaporation occurs throughout the liquid.
- boiling requires a decrease in temperature, while evaporation requires an increase (text cut off)
- evaporation is a faster process than boiling.
- boiling is specific temperature given pressure, evaporation is ranges of temperatures.
- sublimation is the phase change where a substance transitions directly from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid. which of the following substances is known to readily undergo sublimation at standard atmospheric pressure?
- ethanol
- carbon dioxide (dry ice)
- iron
- water
Response
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Brief Explanations
- Analyze each option:
- First option: Incorrect. Evaporation occurs at the surface, boiling throughout the liquid.
- Second option: Incorrect. Both boiling (at boiling point, constant temp) and evaporation (can occur at various temps) don't match this.
- Third option: Incorrect. Boiling is faster as it's bulk, evaporation is surface - slow.
- Fourth option: Correct. Boiling happens at a specific temp (boiling point) for a given pressure. Evaporation can occur over a range of temps (even below boiling point) as it's a surface - based process.
Brief Explanations
- Recall sublimation examples:
- Ethanol: Liquid at STP, evaporates, no sublimation.
- Carbon dioxide (dry ice): At standard atmospheric pressure, dry ice (solid $CO_2$) sublimes directly to gaseous $CO_2$.
- Iron: Solid metal, requires very high temp/pressure changes, no sublimation at STP.
- Water: At STP, solid water (ice) melts to liquid first, doesn't sublime readily (sublimation of ice is slow and called frost - free or at very low pressures).
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Boiling is specific temperature given pressure, evaporation is ranges of temperatures.