solubility

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Amount of a substance (called the solute) that dissolves in a unit volume of a liquid substance (called the solvent) to form a saturated solution under specified conditions of temperature and pressure. Solubility is expressed usually as moles of solute per 100 grams of solvent.

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When you want to make chocolate milk in cold milk, the chocolate powder has very low solubility, so you should use hot milk instead
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Steve used to like to put sugar cubes in his coffee, but he soon discovered that the solubility of powdered sugar was much better.
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Sodium chloride salt has one of the highest levels of solubility in water due to its ionic bonds which readily break apart in a polar solvent.
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