Volatiles

From Marspedia
Revision as of 13:35, 10 November 2020 by Michel Lamontagne (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is a stub. You can help Marspedia by expanding it.


Volatiles are compounds which under normal or near-normal conditions are in a liquid or gaseous phase. Normal in this context is taken to be relative to general region where the substance is located. For example, water is volatile on Earth but water ice is a rock-hard mineral on Pluto.