Salting in

Salting in is the process of adding some salt to a solution to help dissolve a substance that may not dissolve well on its own.

Imagine you have a cup of water and you want to dissolve some sugar in it. However, when you pour the sugar into the cup, it doesn't seem to dissolve and just sits at the bottom. This is because the sugar molecules are too big and bulky to fit nicely into the spaces between the water molecules.

Now, if you add a little bit of salt to the water and stir it up, something magical happens. The salt breaks apart into smaller particles (ions) that can fit between the water molecules. These ions create little nooks and crannies where the sugar molecules can slide into and dissolve more easily.

So, by salting in, we use the salt to create a more hospitable environment for the substance we want to dissolve, making it easier for it to dissolve in the solution.