What are volatile materials?

Volatile materials are like ice cubes that melt very quickly when you take them out of the freezer.

Imagine you have a glass of water on your table, it's just regular water, right? But if you put some volatile materials in there, like alcohol, and then you warm it up, the alcohol will evaporate, or turn into vapor, really fast. It’s almost like it wants to leave the glass and go flying into the air!

Volatile materials are things that change from liquid to gas easily when they’re heated. Think of them as the excited kids in a classroom, they can’t sit still, so when you give them a little heat, they jump right up and go running into the air.

When you spray perfume or deodorant, it feels cool on your skin because the volatile materials inside are turning from liquid to gas quickly. That’s why you can smell it almost instantly, it’s like magic, but not really magic, just science!