soluble
The substances separate according to their solubility in the solvent.
The high water solubility of the chemical makes it a threat to drinking water.
This anaesthetic differs from its predecessors in having lower solubility in blood and tissues.

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solubility | American Dictionary

solubility
noun[ U ]
us/ˌsɑl·jəˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
chemistry
a quality a substance has of being able to dissolve in another substance, or of being able to dissolve another substance

Examples of solubility

solubility
Solubility of axis cell walls differed from solubility of cotyledon cell walls.
The insolubility of dyes on "fast" attachment to fiber was compared with diminishing solubility as double salts were formed.
The solubility of hemoglobin in solutions of chlorides and sulfates of varying concentration.
The precise structure of natural melanin is not known, because of its poor solubility and its association with proteins and lipids.
Both of these evaporite minerals have a high solubility and can be readily precipitated, and as such they are ideal candidates for laboratory experiments.
Since oligomer solubilities fall by a factor of four to five for each added unit, hydrolysis becomes increasingly less significant with size.
The extracellular matrix may also contain molecules with high solubility in aqueous medium.
The solubility of hydrophobic hydrocarbons in water as a function of temperature is one example.
Proteins can be divided into different classes based on their biological properties, such as expression level, amino-acid composition, subcellular localization, solubility, and so on.
A method for determining the solubility of water in silicate melts.
In the jargon, relativism is true about food and solubility.
First, temperature is related to the solubility of oxygen and inorganic compounds as well as to the reaction rate of organic matter with chlorine.
It would be a mistake to think of these as dispositional properties like solubility.
Simultaneously, because gas solubility increases with decreasing temperature, the partial pressure ofcarbon dioxide decreases, although total content does not change in the blood.
Compounds which possess a high degree of lipid (fat) solubility permeate the placenta readily.
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