a. [f. VOLATILIZE v.] Capable of being volatilized; that may be rendered volatile.
1818. W. Phillips, Min. & Geol. (ed. 3), 30. There is another Alkali,… which, being volatilizable at moderate heat, is therefore termed Volatile Alkali.
1841. Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl., IV. 63/2. The portion of the coal, which in common parlance is called ‘bituminous,’ is in a solid or fixed state while in the coal,… though, subsequently, it is volatilizable and assumes the form of gas.
1876. Bartholow, Materia Med. (1879), 6. Iodine in vapor, iodoform, sal-ammoniac, bromine, and other volatilizable solids and gases.
