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What is the property of a substance that absorbs moisture from the air until it dissolves called?

Correct answer D. Deliquescence

Explanation

Deliquescent substances such as calcium chloride and sodium hydroxide absorb so much water vapour from the air that they eventually dissolve in it and form a solution.

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