The phrase "a number of volatile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple items or factors that are unstable or subject to rapid change.
Example: "In the financial market, a number of volatile assets can lead to unpredictable outcomes."
Alternatives: "several unstable" or "various erratic".
A foamed poly siloxane) material evolved a number of volatile species upon irradiation and possible chemical degradation mechanisms are commented upon.
The algorithm has been positively tested with an experimental dataset with an array of commercial metal oxide semiconductor sensors used to identify a number of volatile compounds.
Mothballs are one of a number of volatile compounds including model airplane glue, spray paint, nail polish remover, room fresheners, and gasoline that are intentionally inhaled for the purpose of recreational self-intoxication.
"We will know very quickly whether the parties are serious, as they are right now poised to attack each other in a number of volatile locations on the front lines of the war," he said.
A number of volatile coalition governments followed, until in 1980, in the general election scheduled by the constitution, a centre-right coalition, the Democratic Alliance (Alianca Democrática), swept into power.
It measures a number of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide, and even cleaning agents or allergens that might affect your lungs.
Here we have demonstrated that C. elegans responds behaviourally to a number of volatiles derived from or associated with explosives.
Olfaction and the ability to discriminate a number of volatiles is of immense importance to insects in general, and social insects in particular.
A number of volatiles have been identified, with the majority known as long-chain alkyl-substituted heterocycles with nitrogen and/or sulfur in the ring.
Moreover, a number of volatiles released by bacteria were reported to suppress quorum-sensing cell-to-cell communication in bacteria, and to stimulate plant growth.
The accumulation by the hybrid clones of a number of volatiles associated with the donor species is also indicative of the transfer of whole synthetic pathways from S. mussotii to a genotype which is largely B. scorzonerifolium.
