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Volatility in the context of chemistry, physics and thermodynamics is a measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize. It has also been defined as a measure of how readily a substance vaporizes. At a given temperature, substances with higher vapor pressures will vaporize more readily than substances with a lower vapor pressure. Although usually applying to liquids, volatility can apply to solid materials such as dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) and ammonium chloride, which can change directly from solid to vapor without becoming liquid. The direct transition of a solid to a vapor is called sublimation.
A "volatile gas" is a technically incorrect term, used often due to the fact that the end result of volatility is the production of a gas. Hence a "volatile gas" makes no sense since the gas is already in the gaseous phase and cannot be volatile in nature. You will usually refer to a volatile liquid or solid (with both being able to convert into gases).
An example of a highly volatile liquid (will evaporate quickly) is diethyl ether. An example of a highly volatile solid is dry ice.
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∙ 15y agoThe Term Volatillity Means How Flamable A Substance Is
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What should be your prime concern when dealing with volatile liquids and gas leakage?
what should be our prime concern when dealing with volatile liquids and gas leakage
The process of distilling volatile solids is called?
The process of distilling volatile solids is called SUBLIMATION.Physically speaking drying and evaporation (freeze-drying) are other possible names for the phase change of solid to gas
What will happen if non volatile substance is heated?
A non-volatile substance cannot change from a liquid or a solid to a gas. So the substance would stay in its original state until you heat it enough to where this rule does not apply.
Is Iodine a soild or gas?
Elemental iodine is a solid. But it is a volatile solid in that chemists will use solid iodine in a chamber to "iodine stain" substances in thin layer chromatography. Thus iodine is like having a volatile solid.
What is the most volatile gas?
Someliquidshavetendencyto to get turned intovapor form at normal room temperature and pressure.Our cloths became dry due to escape of water molecules in air. Hot and dry air make water more volatile. Gasoline (petrol)is volatile as it rapidly turn into vapor andkerosene is not. Alcohol is also volatile. In high altitude, due to less atmospheric pressure all these becomes more volatile. Higher the boiling point, less volatile the substance is.
Is uranium volatile or neon?
Uranium is a metal, non-volatile; neon is a gas.
What should be your prime concern when dealing with volatile liquids and gas leakage?
what should be our prime concern when dealing with volatile liquids and gas leakage
Is ammonium hydroxide a non volatile liquid?
No, ammonium hydroxide is highly volatile and gives out ammonia gas.
Is nitrogen malleabile?
As a volatile gas, nitrogen has no malleability.
Why does the gas vent out of the top of the gas cap on my 1993 ninja zx600d?
because gasoline is a volatile liquid
Why can't polymers be analysed by gas chromatography?
polymers are not volatile.. therefore, can't be separated by Gas Chromatography
Why does alcohol give you gas?
alcohol is made up of ethanol by fermentation though it is volatile in nature but is not a gas..
Substances that can be transformed to a gas at relatively low temperatures are termed?
volatile
What is a description of a substance that easily changes to a gas at room temperature?
Volatile
What gas is in a car?
Petrol is what is usually meant by 'gas' in the U.S. It's not a gas when it's in the tank, it's a volatile liquid,but it becomes a gas in the cylinders.
Is petrol a gas?
Petrol is a volatile liquid. The vapours mixed with oxygen are highly combustible.
What is anther word for gas?
effluvium, fumes, miasma, smoke, stream, vapor, volatile substance
