Volatility or volatile may refer to:

Chemistry

* Volatility (chemistry), a measuring tendency of a substance or liquid to vaporize easily * 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 atmosphere * Volatile organic compounds, organic or carbon compounds that can evaporate at normal temperature and pressure * Volatile anaesthetics, a class of anaesthetics which evaporate or vaporize easily *

Volatile substance abuse Inhalants are a broad range of household and industrial chemicals whose volatile vapors or pressurized gases can be concentrated and breathed in via the nose or mouth to produce intoxication, in a manner not intended by the manufacturer. They ...

, 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 cosmetic and flavoring industries * Volatile acidity, a term used in wine making to indicate an unacceptably high level of an 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), ''Volatile'' (A Hero A Fake album), 2008 * Volatile (The Lime Spiders album), ''Volatile'' (The Lime Spiders album), 1988 {{disambiguation