Deliquescent (Adjective)
Meaning
(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Calcium chloride is a deliquescent salt that absorbs moisture from the air, causing it to dissolve in its own water of hydration.
- The company took extra precautions to store the deliquescent substance in an airtight container to prevent degradation.
- Many hygroscopic and deliquescent materials are used in desiccants, which control the humidity of a sealed environment.
- As a deliquescent compound, the fertilizer would slowly dissolve into solution as it absorbed moisture from the atmosphere.
- During the experiment, the students observed how the deliquescent crystal slowly dissolved as it absorbed water from the surrounding air.