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Solubility

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Solubility is the maximum concentration a substance reaches in a solvent under given conditions.

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A solvent added to excess solid stops dissolving more once that maximum concentration is reached, leaving undissolved solid behind no matter how long it is stirred.

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"Insoluble" describes very low solubility, not an absolute zero — a genuinely zero-solubility substance is essentially unknown.