Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
ISBN 13: 978-0-32180-924-7

Chapter 4 - Sections 4.1-4.9 - Exercises - Review Questions - Page 186: 8

Answer

A compound is termed soluble if it dissolves in water and insoluble if it does not dissolve in water.

Work Step by Step

In solutions that are not supersaturated where a precipitate of a solute forms, it can reasonably be assumed that this solute is not actually soluble in the solvent being used.
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