volatile component

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volatile
adjective
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/ˈvɒl.ə.taɪl/us
/ˈvɑː.lə.t̬əl/
likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by ...
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component
noun[C]
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/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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More simply, the alcoholysis can be controlled by selectively evaporating the morevolatilecomponent.
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The mostvolatilecomponentof the mixture exits as a gas at the top of the column.
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One study has shown that thevolatilecomponentof 95% of diesel nanoparticles is unburned lubricating oil.
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This distills the vapor along the length of the column, and eventually the vapor is composed solely of the morevolatilecomponent(or an azeotrope).
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Each time the vapor condenses and vaporizes, the composition of the morevolatilecomponentin the vapor increases.
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Pentacenes can also be prepared in the laboratory by extrusion of a smallvolatilecomponent.
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The inks used must have avolatilecomponentto form the vapor bubble, otherwise droplet ejection can not occur.
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The brightly visible flames (due to the substantialvolatilecomponent) give more radiant heat transfer than anthracite coal or charcoal.
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Partial melting ended as volatile components were removed.
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According to this scenario, flies would assemble in the vicinity of the trap and enter only after the more volatile components had evaporated.
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However, as it rises, it cools and while part of it continues up as vapor, some of it (enriched in the lessvolatilecomponent) begins to descend again.
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However, detailed and meaningful comparison of volatile components between the three plant species has yet to be performed.
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The habitable zone is broadly coincident with the conditions for liquid water, and without adequate mass a planet will be unable to keep its volatile components including water.
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A feature of the granites of the batholith is the high concentrations of volatile components.
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During coal combustion in a furnace, volatile components burn without much difficulty.
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This definition depends on vapor pressures which are a directly measurable property, at least for volatile components.
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In effect, it indicates the ease or difficulty of using distillation to separate the more volatile components from the less volatile components in a mixture.
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Vacuum packing reduces atmospheric oxygen, limiting the growth of aerobic bacteria or fungi, and preventing the evaporation of volatile components.
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