- At atmospheric pressure, solid carbon dioxide sublimes directly into a gas without melting into a liquid, hence the name "dry ice". - Its sublimation temperature at 1 atm is -78.5 °C.
Which one of the following is called dry ice?
Asked in UPSC NDA 2 2018 · UPPSC Upper Mains 2014 · Topic: Inorganic Chemistry (Chemistry of Main Group Elements (s-block and p-block))
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