Where Fa is the molar fraction of the most volatile component; Fb is the molar fraction of the intermediate volatility component, and Fc is the molar fraction of the smallest volatile component.
Goldman's trading businesses, often a volatile component of its revenue stream, did extremely well during the first quarter.
The most volatile component of G.D.P. over the business cycle is spending on investment goods.
Private investment has indeed been the most volatile component of Gross National Product.
Leave that volatile component out, and the drop in the index was the worst in two years.
The index's most volatile component — the seven swans a-swimming — rose by 6.7 percent, to $5,600.
Stockbuilding is the smallest part of GDP, but as it is the most volatile component it plays a big role at economic turning points.
Drugs have also proved a volatile component of Singapore's economy, with growth rates fluctuating from one month to the next as pharmaceutical factories halt production to clean out their vats and then start producing a new batch of drugs.
An American official said such steps could include burning the least volatile component of binary weapons, a type of chemical agent that becomes potent only when separate elements are mixed.
Gum rosin consists of the residue obtained upon distillation of the oleoresin (a natural fluid) from pine trees (the volatile component is spirit of turpentine); wood rosin, obtained by solvent extraction of the stumps, is usually of a darker colour.
Dr Smith's team has mimicked Pavlov by training moths to stick their tongues out in response to a chemical called cyclohexanone, which was puffed at them while they were fed sugared water.The reason that this trick might be useful and the reason for DARPA's interest is that cyclohexanone is a volatile component of TNT, an explosive often used in landmines.
