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- Process by which
liquid becomes vapor at temperature below boiling point.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- a. The process, also called vaporization, by which a substance passes from
the liquid or solid state to the vapor state. Limited by some to
vaporization of a liquid, in contrast to sublimation, the direct
vaporization of a solid. Also limited by some (e.g., hydrologists) to
vaporization that takes place below the boiling point of the liquid. The
opposite of condensation. AGI
b. The process by which a substance is converted from a liquid state into
a vapor. Specif., the conversion of a liquid into vapor in order to remove
it wholly or partly from a liquid of higher boiling point or from solids
dissolved in or mixed with it. CF: distillation; sublimation.
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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