Chemistry

• Volatility (chemistry)
  Volatility (chemistry)
  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.The term is primarily...
  
  , a measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize
• Relative volatility
  Relative volatility
  Relative volatility is a measure comparing the vapor pressures of the components in a liquid mixture of chemicals. This quantity is widely used in designing large industrial distillation processes. In effect, it indicates the ease or difficulty of using distillation to separate the more volatile...
  
  , a measure of vapor pressures of the components in a liquid mixture
• Volatiles
  Volatiles
  In planetary science, volatiles are that group of chemical elements and chemical compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust and/or atmosphere. Examples include nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen, and methane, all compounds of C, H, O...
  
  , a group of compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust and/or atmosphere
• Volatile organic compound
  Volatile organic compound
  Volatile organic compounds are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and...
  
  s, organic compounds that can evaporate at normal temperature and pressure, and are often regulated by governments
• Volatile anaesthetics, a class of anaesthetics which evaporate easily
• Volatile substance abuse, the abuse of household inhalants containing volatile compounds
• Volatile oil, also known as essential oil, an oil derived from plants with aromatic compounds used in cosmetics and flavoring
• Volatile acidity, a term used in winemaking to indicate an unacceptably high level of acid or vinegar and baking soda

Other uses

• Volatile variable
  Volatile variable
  In computer programming, particularly in the C, C++, C#, and Java programming languages, a variable or object declared with the volatile keyword usually has special properties related to optimization and/or threading...
  
  s, variables that can be changed by an external process
• Volatile memory
  Volatile memory
  Volatile memory, also known as volatile storage, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information, unlike non-volatile memory which does not require a maintained power supply...
  
  , memory that lasts only while the power is on (and thus would be lost after a restart)
• Volatility (finance)
  Volatility (finance)
  In finance, volatility is a measure for variation of price of a financial instrument over time. Historic volatility is derived from time series of past market prices...
  
  , a measure of the risk in a financial instrument
• Volatiles
  Volatiles
  In planetary science, volatiles are that group of chemical elements and chemical compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust and/or atmosphere. Examples include nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen, and methane, all compounds of C, H, O...
  
  , the volatile compounds of magma (mostly water vapor) that affect the appearance and strength of volcanoes
• Stochastic volatility
  Stochastic volatility
  Stochastic volatility models are used in the field of mathematical finance to evaluate derivative securities, such as options. The name derives from the models' treatment of the underlying security's volatility as a random process, governed by state variables such as the price level of the...
  
  , in the mathematical theory of probability
• Pedersen index
  Pedersen index
  The Pedersen index is a measure of electoral volatility in party systems. It was described by Mogens Pedersen in a paper published in 1979 entitled The Dynamics of European Party Systems: Changing Patterns of Electoral Volatility.-What the index means:...
  
  , a measure of electoral volatility in political party systems
• Volatile Games
  Volatile Games
  Volatile Games is the mature games division of Blitz Games Studios. It is located in Warwickshire, England. Volatile Games creates video games intended for an adult audience.- List of games :* Reservoir Dogs...
  
  , a video games maker
• Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
  Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
  Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009.-Track listing:...
  
  , 2008
• Volatile (The Lime Spiders album), 1988