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Carbon 4 sublimes at a negative 78 degrees Celsius .It 8s called dry ice why is it called dry ice ​

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Sublimation is a straight transition from solid to gas. This occurs in dry ice as it the ice, which is a solid state, does melt and have a liquid form. Therefore it is called dry ice as it doesn’t produce any liquid
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