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When the maximum amount of solid (solute) is dissolved in a solvent, the resulting solution is said to be saturated.
A compound does not have to be dissolved in a solvent. A solution contains a solvent which a compound may be dissolved in.
a saturated solution
A solution that has as much solute as can be dissolved in the solvent is a saturated solution.
These terms have to do with the amount of solute that can be dissolved in a given solvent. An unsaturated solution has less than the maximum amount of solute dissolved. A saturated solution contains the maximum amount of solute than can normally be dissolved in that solvent. A supersaturated solution is obtained usually by heating the solution so that more than the maximum amount of solute can be dissolved. When the temperature returns to normal, and if the solute does not precipitate out, a supersaturated solution is obtained.
A dilute solution has a small amount of solute dissolved in the solvent. A saturated solution has the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a specific volume of the solvent.
An unsaturated solution is one that does not have the maximum amount of solute dissolved in the solvent.
The maximum amount of solute is dissolved in it-apex
solution
A solution contains one or more solutes dissolved in a solvent.
When a solution contains a large amount of solute dissolved in a solvent, the solution is called a saturated solution.
Unsaturated solution