Suppose that I have a substance X dissolved in water. I then add a substance Y to the solution. Substance Y has a higher solubility in water than substance X, and more than enough of substance Y is added to saturate the water. Will substance X come out of solution? Why or why not? For example, let's have X be sodium chloride and Y be sucrose.
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$\begingroup$ Essentially, what you describe is a solting out process. Usually it's impossible to predict a priori whether it will or will not work, and how effective, so there is no uniform answer unless you provide a system to look into. $\endgroup$– andselisk ♦Commented Jan 28, 2019 at 0:55
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$\begingroup$ Related: chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/79136/… $\endgroup$– andselisk ♦Commented Jan 28, 2019 at 1:02
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