solubility

[ sol-yuh-bil-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.

First recorded in 1670–80; soluble + -ity

Some instances are known where the solubility of a salt is increased by the addition of a salt with a common ion.

See p. 141 in regard to the form the solubility-product takes in the case of a salt of this type.

Vide Bodlnder, on the solubility of calcium carbonate, Z. phys.

The solubility-product constants, for similar salts, are a measure of their solubilities in water.

It is a comparatively easy matter to determine the relative solubility of zinc and ferrous sulphides.

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