A chemist dissolved crystals of an unknown substance into water at room temperature. He found that 33 g of the substance can be dissolved into 100 mL of water. What property of the unknown substance was the chemist most likely investigating?

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Alex Peters

26 June, 19:57

A chemist dissolved crystals of an unknown substance into water at room temperature. He found that 33 g of the substance can be dissolved into 100 mL of water. What property of the unknown substance was the chemist most likely investigating?

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Janet Mann · Answer 1

This chemist was most likely investigating the solubility of the substance. Solubility is the chemical property that refers the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a certain amount of solvent at a given temperature and pressure. Here the 33 g of the unknown substance is the solute and the 100 ml of water is the solvent. The solubility is expressed as 33 g / 100 g of water.