Sublimation is the chemical process whereby a solid turns into a gas without first becoming a liquid.
The word sublimation comes from the Latin word sublimare which means "raised to a higher status."
Examples of sublimation include surface layer of snow and ice turning into steam or fog without melting and dry ice which is the solid form of carbon dioxide which also undergoes sublimation.
The low temperature and sublimation makes dry ice an effective coolant or cooling agent . One of its main advantages is that it has a lower temperature than water ice and also does not leave any residue.
Cd2+ and CD(OH)2 both contain the Cd2+ specie which is chemically similar to Zn2+both being in the same group in the periodic table. Cd2+ is know to be toxic when absorbed together with Zn 2+ ions and will definitely be toxic to the aquatic species.
Yes. Percent yield shows how efficient one's method is. If his isolated caffeine proved to be at only 1.5%, compared to least 50% as in many of the previous experiments, the student should be very concerned as it shows that something caused the yield to sharply drop.
