Volatility

Volatile may refer to:

Chemistry

• Volatility (chemistry), a measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize
• Relative volatility, a measure of vapor pressures of the components in a liquid mixture
• Volatiles, a group of compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust and/or atmosphere
• Volatile organic compounds, organic compounds that can evaporate at normal temperature and pressure, and are often regulated by governments
• Volatile anaesthetics, a class of anaesthetics which evaporate easily
• Volatile substance abuse, the abuse of household inhalants containing volatile compounds
• Volatile oil, also known as essential oil, an oil derived from plants with aromatic compounds used in cosmetics and flavoring
• Volatile acidity, a term used in wine making to indicate an unacceptably high level of acid or vinegar.

Computer science

• Volatile variables, variables that can be changed by an external process
• Volatile memory, memory that lasts only while the power is on (and thus would be lost after a restart)
• Volatility (memory forensics), an open source memory forensics tool

Other uses

• Volatility (finance), a measure of the risk in a financial instrument
• Volatiles, the volatile compounds of magma (mostly water vapor) that affect the appearance and strength of volcanoes
• Stochastic volatility, in the mathematical theory of probability
• Pedersen index, a measure of electoral volatility in political party systems
• Volatile Games, a video games maker
• Volatile (A Hero A Fake album), 2008
• Volatile (The Lime Spiders album), 1988