Volatilization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029836",
  "term": "Volatilization",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The process of transfer of a chemical from the aqueous or liquid phase to the gas phase. Solubility, molecular weight, and vapor pressure of the liquid and the nature of the gas-liquid interface affect the rate of volatilization.\n\n2. The transfer of a chemical from the liquid to the gas phase. Solubility, molecular weight, vapor pressure of the liquid, and the nature of the air-liquid interface affect the rate of volatilization.\n\n3. The conversion of a chemical substance from a liquid or solid state to a gaseous vapor state.\n\n4. The process of transferring a chemical from a liquid phase to a gas phase.\n\n5. Process by which chemical compounds are vaporized (evaporated) at given temperature and pressure conditions by gas transfer reactions. Volatile compounds have a tendency to partition into the gas phase.\n\n6. Loss of a substance through evaporation.\n\n7. Loss of a substance to the air from a surface or from solution by evaporation.\n\n8. The loss of a dissolved gas, such as ammonia, from solution.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Underground Storage Tank Sites Guide Glossary; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks",
    "Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Sites Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; Cleanup and Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Watershed Protection Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "40 CFR 796.1950 (CFR 2013)",
    "AgSTAR Handbook Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/volatilization/"
}