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Offline Woopy

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Solid-Vapor Equilibrium
« on: November 03, 2013, 01:16:47 PM »
How is it that a solid can be in equilibrium below the triple point? Why can't liquid form? It seems odd to me that the molecules can go to a vapor, but not a liquid. It seems like the molecules can sublime more freely than they can melt. Can someone explain this from a molecular view point?

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