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What change of states of matter is this? A warm wind makes snow on the ground seem to disappear, but no puddles form.

What change of states of matter is this? A warm wind makes snow on the ground seem to disappear, but no puddles form.
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What change of states of matter is this? A warm wind makes snow on the ground seem to disappear, but no puddles form.

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That would be geothermal evaporation.
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User Jonathon Marolf
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Very nice ! That's sublimation . The solid snow proceeds directly
to the vapor state, without ever residing in the liquid state.


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