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'''Solute''' is a [[Forerunner]] substance designed by the [[Lifeworker]]s to prevent ecological disasters on worlds struck by the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="sil19">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 19''</ref>

The purpose of the solute was to cause every animal killed by the [[Halo Array]] to instantly decay into their component molecules. This was meant to prevent pollution of the atmosphere due to decomposition. It was spread over many of the planets before the Halos were activated. [[Catalog]] observed solute being released on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] as the [[Lifeworker]]s oversaw the indexing of the planet as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. While acknowledging the intended purpose of the substance, Catalog also contemplated the possibility that the solute could have been used as a convenient means to obscure the firing of the Halos and the subsequent mass extinctions from future investigators.<ref name="sil19"/>