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Crystallization vs Sublimation - What's the difference?

crystallization | sublimation |

As nouns the difference between crystallization and sublimation

is that crystallization is (uncountable) the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized while sublimation is .

crystallization

English

(wikipedia crystallization)

Alternative forms

* (UK) crystallisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
  • (countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
  • (countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

    • Derived terms

    * fractional crystallization * water of crystallization

    sublimation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
  • The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.