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Chemistry Physics Vaporize Vapor Pressure: Volatility

Volatility refers to a substance's tendency to vaporize and is directly related to its vapor pressure. A substance with a higher vapor pressure at a given temperature will vaporize more readily than one with a lower vapor pressure. Volatility can also describe the process of sublimation where a solid transitions directly to a vapor state without first becoming liquid.

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Chemistry Physics Vaporize Vapor Pressure: Volatility

Volatility refers to a substance's tendency to vaporize and is directly related to its vapor pressure. A substance with a higher vapor pressure at a given temperature will vaporize more readily than one with a lower vapor pressure. Volatility can also describe the process of sublimation where a solid transitions directly to a vapor state without first becoming liquid.

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volatility

In chemistry and physics, volatility is the tendency of a substance to vaporize. Volatility is directly
related to a substance's vapor pressure. At a given temperature, a substance with higher vapor
pressure vaporizes more readily than a substance with a lower vapor pressure. [1][2][3][4]
The term is primarily written to be applied to liquids; however, it may be used to describe the
process of sublimation which is associated with solid substances, such as dry ice (solid carbon
dioxide) and osmium tetroxide (OsO4), which can change directly from the solid state to a vapor,
without becoming liquid.

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