Introduction. It has been recognized that water in magma controls physical properties and explosive Nn+tiv.n ~nv. ivn+nvnn +~n inn+nv n~~nn+n r~nnn vnIn 11 LL LA1 . 1' Vl iiio aiv.G, u11G vv a~Gi aiic.~J Niiaa~ ! Glationships, especially for solidi and liquidi, viscosity of silicate melts, diffusion coefficients, rates of nucleation and growth of crystals. Exsolved water, causing volume expansion of magma, results in explosive volcanism. A critical depth exists where a hydrous magma begins to nucleate aqueous bubbles. It is to be emphasized that solubility of water in silicate melt decreases dramatically with decreasing water pressure, especially at below 2,000 bar. Accordingly, once magma reached the critical water pressure, nature of the magma thereafter will be controlled by the water solubility curve. Therefore, water solubility in silicate melts is one of the most important parameters in order to understand the mechanism of eruption and to