
General rules for deciding volatility - Chemistry Stack Exchange
May 2, 2012 · 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 …
how to determine the volatility of an organic compound using the ...
Feb 12, 2017 · Vapor pressure is the physical property that expresses a compound's volatility at a given temperature, and the enthalpy of vaporization describes the temperature dependence of the vapor …
physical chemistry - Why is octane more volatile than water while ...
Oct 5, 2023 · 14 The are three major factors, affecting observed relative volatility, ordered by assumed importance: The molar mass. The liquid with higher molar mass evaporates faster than a liquid with …
What is the difference between volatility and evaporation?
A measure of volatility is the vapor pressure. There is a very related term partial pressure. So if we think of air as being nitrogen and oxygen, then there is a partial pressure for nitrogen and a partial …
Why does decreasing the pressure of the system increase the relative ...
Feb 13, 2015 · If the relative volatility increases when system pressure is decreased, does that mean it is always more efficient to perform fractional distillation under a partial vacuum?
physical chemistry - Comparison of evaporation rate of liquids ...
Jan 1, 2021 · Volatility: Volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vapourizes. Flash Point: The flash point of a volatile material is the lowest temperature at which its …
Why is picric acid not more steam volatile than p-nitrophenol, if ...
Feb 25, 2024 · How does this contribute to steam volatility? Also, assuming that it is true that steam volatility is a result of intramolecular H bonding, then picric acid would be more steam volatile than p …
Are all volatile liquids combustible? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
Sep 3, 2019 · Volatility ( even if by thermal decomposition ) is the necessary, but not sufficient condition for liquids to be combusted, forming a flame. Liquid helium is the most volatile liquid ever, but there is …
physical chemistry - Volatile nature due to hydrogen bonding ...
Oct 2, 2015 · Why does intramolecular hydrogen bonding make an organic (or possibly inorganic as well(?)) compound volatile. What I think is that it might be due to decrease in the solubility of the …
Elution Rate - Alkanes VS Alkenes in Gas Chromatography
Some references say that alkanes elute faster than alkenes, whereas in my textbook the higher volatility of alkenes means they elute faster than alkanes. This is for gas chromatography.