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In a saturated solution, if you add any more of the substance that the solution is saturated with, it will either not dissolve or cause some of the existing solute to precipitate or separate. The one caveat is that it is possible to achieve a "supersaturated solution" by careful manipulation of a solution to bring it into a metastable state. One common way to achieve supersaturation is to cool a saturated solution in a container which is so smooth that it lacks nucleation sites.

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What could you do to change an unsaturated solution to a saturated solution?

To change an unsaturated solution to a saturated solution, you would need to add more solute to the solution until no more solute can dissolve and starts to accumulate at the bottom. This process is called saturation.


How can you find out if salt in water is a saturated solution?

It depends on the amount of salt and the amount of water. If there is only a little salt, it is probably unsaturated. That means more salt could be dissolved into the solution. If there is quite a bit of salt, it is more than likely saturated. If you add more salt and it just floats to the bottom, it is saturated. Unless it is supersaturated of course. For the solution to be supersaturated, you would have had to boil the water, add salt to the point where it stops dissolving into the boiling hot solution, then let the solution cool down. So, it can be any of the three.


What is the difference in saturated and supersaturated?

no


Example Of Unsaturated Solution?

There's many unsaturated solutions, and example can be iced tea. It all depends of how much the liquid can handle. If you add the iced tea powder in water and some sugar is kept at the bottom that means it is saturaded, if you put less amount of the iced tea and keep stirring and adding more until its got enough and nothing is standing at the bottom then you'll know its unsaturated.


What is a unsaturated solution'?

A unsaturated solution is a solution with the concentration of solute under the maximal solubility at a given temperature.

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What could you do to change an unsaturated solution to a saturated solution?

To change an unsaturated solution to a saturated solution, you would need to add more solute to the solution until no more solute can dissolve and starts to accumulate at the bottom. This process is called saturation.


What is the difference between an unsaturated solution and a saturated solution?

An unsaturated solution has excess solvent and can still dissolve more solute.A saturated solution cannot dissolve any more solute, it will simply stay separate.


Using the particle theory of matter to explain what the difference is between a saturated and an unsaturated solution?

In a saturated solution, the solvent has dissolved the maximum amount of solute it can hold at a given temperature. In an unsaturated solution, the solvent has not dissolved the maximum amount of solute it can hold at that temperature, meaning more solute could still be dissolved.


How could you demonstrate that a sugar solution is just saturated?

You can keep adding sugar, if it dissolves it is still unsaturated and if it piles up at the bottom of the glass it is saturated. you can also freeze the solution or cause it to precipitate


How can you find out if salt in water is a saturated solution?

It depends on the amount of salt and the amount of water. If there is only a little salt, it is probably unsaturated. That means more salt could be dissolved into the solution. If there is quite a bit of salt, it is more than likely saturated. If you add more salt and it just floats to the bottom, it is saturated. Unless it is supersaturated of course. For the solution to be supersaturated, you would have had to boil the water, add salt to the point where it stops dissolving into the boiling hot solution, then let the solution cool down. So, it can be any of the three.


What is the difference in saturated and supersaturated?

no


Example Of Unsaturated Solution?

There's many unsaturated solutions, and example can be iced tea. It all depends of how much the liquid can handle. If you add the iced tea powder in water and some sugar is kept at the bottom that means it is saturaded, if you put less amount of the iced tea and keep stirring and adding more until its got enough and nothing is standing at the bottom then you'll know its unsaturated.


A supersaturated solution contains less dissolved solute than a saturated solution at the same temperature?

In a supersaturated solution, the solute concentration exceeds the saturation point at that temperature. This is achieved by dissolving the solute in a hot solution and then slowly cooling it down without allowing the excess solute to precipitate out. A saturated solution has the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved at a given temperature.


How does solution become unsaturated?

A solution becomes unsaturated when it contains less solute than it could dissolve at a given temperature. This can happen by removing some of the solute or by adding more solvent to dilute the solution. Unsaturated solutions have the capacity to dissolve more solute.


What is unsaturated solute?

such solution which can dissolve more solute at a given temperature is called as unsaturated solution.


What is a unsaturated solution'?

A unsaturated solution is a solution with the concentration of solute under the maximal solubility at a given temperature.


Solution in which more of the solute could be dissolved at the same temp is called what?

This is a non-saturated solution.