Why is solubility important?

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anor277
Mar 16, 2018

Why would you NOT want to know the mass, the quantity, of a given solute, in a given volume of solvent?

Explanation:

And solubilities are quantities that are determined by experiment.

For the quantitative treatment of solubilities, see this old answer for details of #K_(sp)#...

I think you yourself could advance many scenarios where the knowledge of solubility is important.

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