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Give a suitable chemical term for:

(iii) The process in which a substance absorbs moisture from the atmospheric air to become moist, and ultimately dissolves in the absorbed water.


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The process in which a substance absorbs moisture from the atmospheric air to become moist, and ultimately dissolves in the absorbed water is called deliquescence.

Potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide are deliquescent substances.


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