Question

Why does iodine, (s), spontaneously sublime at room temperature?
A) The contact of iodine, (s), with the water vapor in the air causes the sublimation process.
B) Iodine, (s), pulls from the air as it self-oxidizes under sublimation to (g).
C) There is an increase in entropy as solid iodine, (s), sublimes into iodine vapor, (g), because in the gaseous phase energy is more readily dispersed.
D) The reaction of (s) subliming to (g) is highly exothermic and therefore proceeds spontaneously.

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