volatilization
Turning to gas
Volatilization is the process of converting a substance into vapor or gas.
In chemistry, it describes how liquids or solids become airborne through evaporation or sublimation: Volatilization of the solvent left only the residue.
The term appears frequently in environmental science when discussing how pollutants or pesticides escape into the atmosphere.
vapor
Gaseous form of liquid
steam · heat · liquid · water · mist · distillation · temperature · gaseous · vaporize · dissipate
- alchemyalchemy, alchemist, philosopher's stone, transmutation, elixir
- vaporizationboiling, vaporization, steam, steaming, gasification
- biogeochemistrycarbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, oxygen cycle, nutrient cycle, mineralization
- polymer damagedegradation, embrittlement, cracking, photodegradation, depolymerization
- smeltingsmelting, blast furnace, smelter, furnace, ore
- mass losssublimation, ablation, erosion, corrosion, atrophy
volatilizationcondensation
Vapor turning to liquid
liquefaction · deposition · solidification · precipitation · desublimation
volatilizationcondensation
Vapor turning to liquid
stabilization · retention · fixation · sequestration · capture
volley, volatile, evaporate, evaporation, volatility, volatilize, volatiles, volatilized, volatilities