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  2. Sublimation (phase transition) - Wikipedia

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    Solid carbon dioxide sublimes rapidly along the solid-gas boundary (sublimation point) below the triple point (e.g., at the temperature of −78.5 °C, at atmospheric pressure), whereas its melting into liquid CO 2 can occur along the solid-liquid boundary (melting point) at pressures and temperatures above the triple point (i.e., 5.1 atm, − ...

  3. Dry ice - Wikipedia

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    Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide (CO 2), a molecule consisting of a single carbon atom bonded to two oxygen atoms. Dry ice is colorless, odorless, and non-flammable, and can lower the pH of a solution when dissolved in water , forming carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ).

  4. Lists of science fiction films - Wikipedia

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    All of the films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres such as drama, mystery, action, horror, fantasy, and comedy. Among the listed movies are films that have won motion-picture and science fiction awards as well as films that have been listed among the worst movies ever made , or have won one or more Golden ...

  5. Science fiction film - Wikipedia

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    According to Vivian Sobchack, a British cinema and media theorist and cultural critic: . Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or 2.0 speculative science and the empirical method, interacting in a social context with the lesser emphasized, but still present, transcendentalism of magic and religion, in an attempt to reconcile man with the unknown.

  6. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Katakana: ヒヒイロカネ or kanji: 緋々色金 It is a red-orange fantasy metal that is common in Japanese fiction. Hyperium: Giants: One of three stable transuranic elements predicted by the new science of nucleonics in James P. Hogan's Giants series. Not naturally occurring outside of neutron stars, but trace amounts are created in the ...

  7. List of science fiction themes - Wikipedia

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    Climate change—science fiction dealing with effects of anthropogenic climate change and global warming at the end of the Holocene era; Megacity; Pastoral science fictionscience fiction set in rural, bucolic, or agrarian worlds, either on Earth or on Earth-like planets, in which advanced technologies are downplayed. Seasteading and ocean ...

  8. Materials science in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Materials science in science fiction is the study of how materials science is portrayed in works of science fiction.The accuracy of the materials science portrayed spans a wide range – sometimes it is an extrapolation of existing technology, sometimes it is a physically realistic portrayal of a far-out technology, and sometimes it is simply a plot device that looks scientific, but has no ...

  9. List of science fiction comedy films - Wikipedia

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    My Science Project: 1985 My Stepmother Is an Alien: 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: 1996 Night of the Comet: 1984 Now You See Him, Now You Don't: 1972 The Nutty Professor: 1963 The Nutty Professor: 1996 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps: 2000 Palm Springs: 2020 Paul: 2011 Planet 51: 2009 The President's Analyst: 1967 Re-Animator ...