When you dissolve a soluble chemical in water, you are making a solution. In a solution the chemical you add is called the solute and the liquid that it dissolves into is called the solvent.

In solid-state physics, ... Physicists 'dissolve' water in an emerald. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 10 / 161005101025.htm.

New “transient electronics” dissolve in the presence of water, opening up a new range of possible applications. Image via the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois and Tufts University For ...

To tackle the e-waste problem, this casing for electronics dissolves in water By Jacopo Prisco, CNN 5 min read Published 7:22 AM EDT, Mon April 7, 2025 Link Copied! Follow: ...