Using the phase diagram for CO2, what phase is carbon dioxide in at -60∘C and 15 atm pressure?
1 Answer
Jul 20, 2017
Well, consult the phase diagram.
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And then you literally just read it like any other graph: find your
(x,y)≡(P,T)=(15 atm,−60∘C)
And one should easily see that
We call this dry ice; once obtained and brought into a laboratory, it spontaneously sublimes.