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volatile substance

Definition: *
A substance capable of readily changing from a solid or liquid form to a vapour; having a high vapour pressure and a low boiling point.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
chemical
narrower terms
volatile organic compound
related terms
volatility
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
CHEMISTRY, SUBSTANCES, PROCESSES
Themes:
air
chemistry
Arabic: مادة متطايرة
Basque: substantzia lurrunkor
Bulgarian: Летливо вещество
Catalan: substància volàtil
Chinese: 挥发性物质
Croatian: hlapljiva tvar
Czech: látka těkavá
Danish: flygtigt stof
Dutch: vluchtige stof
English: volatile substance
Estonian: lenduv aine
Finnish: haihtuva aine
French: substance volatile
German: Flüchtiger Stoff
Greek: πτητική ουσία
Hungarian: illékony anyag
Irish: substaint ghalaithe
Italian: sostanza volatile
Latvian: gaistoša viela
Lithuanian: laki medžiaga
Maltese: sostanza volatili
Norwegian: flyktig stoff
Polish: substancja lotna
Portuguese: substâncias voláteis
Romanian: substanţă volatilă
Russian: летучее вещество
Slovak: prchavá látka
Slovenian: hlapna snov
Spanish: sustancia volátil
Swedish: flyktigt ämne
Turkish: uçucu maddeler
Ukrainian: летка речовина
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/11794>