The property of a substance to absorb moisture from the air on exposure is called
A. Osmosis
B. Deliquescence
C. Efflorescence
D. Desiccation
Answer: Option B
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Deliquescence, the process by which a substance absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves in the absorbed water and forms a solution.This Question Belongs to General Knowledge >> General Science
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Deliquescent substances keep absorbing water until they dissolve themselves into liquid solutions. This process is called deliquescence. Soluble salts are examples of deliquescent substances. ... Substances that absorbs moisture and becomes wet.
Deliquescence is the process by which substance absorb moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolve in absorbed water and from a solution. Deliquescence occure when the vapour pressure of the solution that is formed is less than the partial pressure of water vapour in the air .