And it was actually was built on a top of gypsum which dissolves in water.

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Silicon dissolves in water anyway.

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When too much of this gas dissolves in sea water, corals build skeletons only with the greatest difficulty.

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There she is, right over here -- invented a new type of sugar packet that dissolves in hot water.

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So icing sugar, for instance, dissolves more quickly in water than does the granulated form.

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This mixture dissolves readily in diesel fuel and binds water to it without any need for stirring.

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The water dissolves the uranium out of the sandstone in which it is held in South Texas.

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