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Is it correct to say that SOME iodine undergoes sublimation at 1 ATM

The triple point of Iodine occurs at 0.12 atm and at standard temperature it is a solid on the phase diagram. I understand that therefore, when heating iodine at 1 atm, it (at least some of it) will ...
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What are disadvantages of using sublimation vs. recrystallization as a method of purification?

I can only think that a small sample can be sublimed while a bigger sample size can be recrystallized. Are there more?
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Sublimation and recrystallization of caffeine

I'm looking to do an extraction of caffeine from energy drinks. I want to use both sublimation and recrystallization in my experiment for advanced purity. My question is which should happen first, ...
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