Strange how under the perfect conditions that Solid Ice will melt and instantly evaporate into a gas, skipping the middle step of turning into liquid before Evaporating. I heard about this when I was young and always wanted to see it...I so excited I had to take a video.
Actually, It is not going from a solid to gas. Look at the Phase Diagram of Water. We have a pressure of 1 atm (atmosphere). For a solid to go directly to a vapor would mean our atmospheric pressure is less than .006. Now, technically, you could have a high temperature to turn it from solid --> liquid ---> Gas.
Abatix 1 year ago