a. What does it mean when a salt is soluble?
b. What is meant by insoluble?
c. Why are the terms soluble and insoluble very broad and not very accurate?
2007-07-16 15:53:44 · 2 answers · asked by mnkbtt10 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Because it largely depends on what you are using as a solvent. Salt is soluble in water. Is is soluble in everything you put it in? Probably not. If something is insoluble it wont dissolve in one solvent........ but it might in another. So one substance can be both insoluble and soluble but you have to make sure you designate the solvent in order to say if the substance is soluble or insoluble.
2007-07-16 15:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The terms are so broad becasue it is eaiser to use in a conversation rather than sying the exact solubility in g/mL, those are terms most people can easily understand.
2007-07-16 16:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by El Moco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋