Background and Purpose. Volatilization, the evapo- rative loss of a chemical, depends upon the vapor pressure of chemical and on environmental conditions which influ- ence diffusion from a surface. Vola- tilization is an important source of ma- terial for airborne transport and may lead to the distribution of a chemical over wide areas and into bodies of water far from the site of release. Vapor pressure values provide indica- tions of the tendency of pure sub- stances to vaporize in an unperturbed situation, and thus provide a method for ranking the relative volatilities of chemicals. Vapor pressure data com- bined with water solubility data permit the calculation of Xxxxx’x law con- stant, a parameter essential to the cal- culation of volatility from water.
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