differentiate between saturated and unsaturated solutions.4 points
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A saturated solution is a chemical solution containing the maximum concentration of a solute dissolved in the solvent. The additional solute will not dissolve in a saturated solution.
The amount of solute that can be dissolved in a solvent to form a saturated solution depends on a variety of factors.
→Solubility increases with temperature. For example, you can dissolve much more salt in hot water than in cold water.→Increasing pressure can force more solute into solution. This is commonly used to dissolve gases into liquids.
→The nature of the solute and solvent and the presence of other chemicals in a solution affects solubility.
For example, you can dissolve much more sugar in water than salt in water. Ethanol and water are completely soluble in each other.
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Unsaturated Solution:
An unsaturated solution is a chemical solution in which the solute concentration is lower than its equilibrium solubility. All of the solute dissolves in the solvent.
→When a solute (often a solid) is added to a solvent (often a liquid), two processes occur simultaneous.
→Dissolution is the dissolving of the solute into the solvent. Crystallization is is the opposite process, where the reaction deposits solute.
→In an unsaturated solution, the rate of dissolution is much greater than the rate of crystallization.
Answer:
A saturated solution is a solution that contains the maximum amount of solute that is capable of being dissolved. At 20°C, the maximum amount of NaCl that will dissolve in 100. g of water is 36.0 g. If any more NaCl is added past that point, it will not dissolve because the solution is saturated.
An unsaturated solution is a solution that contains less than the maximum amount of solute that is capable of being dissolved.