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volatile organic compound

organic chemical with appreciable vapor pressure at room temperature
Class type of: volatile chemical substance, organic compound, pollutant Q910267

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions
Subclass of
volatile chemical substance, organic compound, pollutant[2][3][4]
Has part(s)
carbon[5]
Partially coincident with
air pollutant[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en VOCs en volatile organic compounds en VOC en volatile organic compound ar LZO ar مركب عضوي متطاير cs těkavá organická sloučenina da VOC da flygtige organiske forbindelser da VoC de flüchtige organische Verbindungen de VVOC de volatile organic compound de VOC de SVOC el Πτητικές οργανικές ουσίες el Πτητικές οργανικές ενώσεις el VOCs el Πτητική οργανική ένωση el VOC
🔖 Identifiers · 31
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh93000972
OpenAlex ID
C2778150766
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sa-potpourri.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300379637
BNCF Thesaurus ID
59644
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120235181
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3HPKoZ, 45OySE
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
26k (26k–222k, n=3)
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/volatile-organic-compound
Freebase ID
/m/03zbcv
Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID
Volatile_organic_compounds
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
compost-organic-volatil
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0281387
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
flyktige_organiske_forbindelser
J9U entity ID
987007546772705171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
volatile-organic-compounds
KBpedia ID
VolatileOrganicCompound
Lex ID
SVOC_-_luftforurening
MeSH descriptor ID
D055549
MeSH tree code
D02.974
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778150766
NALT ID
56088
NDL Authority ID
01003167
NL CR AUT ID
ph330265
Quora topic ID
Volatile-Organic-Compounds
SVKKL authority ID
0350113-tekave-organicke-slouceniny
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
13638
UMLS CUI
C2350439
UN Thesaurus ID
1006904
YSO ID
17386
Yale LUX ID
concept/d033e9a3-649e-4365-a219-e9f6ffd2a6b6

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry
Has part(s) 1
carbon
Subclass of 1
organic compound
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Summary

volatile organic compound is a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[1].

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · C960657 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex ID → SVOC_-_luftforurening
    "Created claim: Lex ID: SVOC_-_luftforurening"
  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3HPKoZ, 45OySE
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0350113-tekave-organicke-slouceniny
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0350113-tekave-organicke-slouceniny, batch #259599"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → volatile chemical substance, organic compound, pollutant
    Instance of → class of chemical entities with similar applications or func
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021) → 191847, 222120, 26378
    Partially coincident with → air pollutant
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 17386, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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