Reversibility Scenarios
A few distinct reversibility scenarios emerge here with respect to the nature of the surface.
- absorption into the surface of a liquid (either of the same species or one of its solvents)—is reversible as evaporation.
- adsorption (as dew droplets) onto solid surface at pressures and temperatures higher than the species' triple point—also reversible as evaporation.
- adsorption onto solid surface (as supplemental layers of solid) at pressures and temperatures lower than the specie's triple point—is reversible as sublimation.
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