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In almost all cases, the phenomenon of one substance dissolving into another substance requires a liquid; if you put a solid object on top of another solid object, it is not going to dissolve. However, there is also a phenomenon called adsorption (different from absorbtion) in which a gas dissolves into the surface of a metal. So in that case, no liquid is involved.

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