An unsaturated solution
The term used to describe a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution is "hypotonic." In a hypotonic solution, there are fewer solute particles relative to the solvent, leading to a lower osmotic pressure. This can result in water moving into the hypotonic solution through a process called osmosis, causing cells in the solution to swell or even burst.
It means you could dissolve even more material than is already dissoved.
Its known is osmotic pressure When two solution of volumes are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, water will flow from the volume of low solute concentration, to the volume of high solute concentration. The flow may be stopped, or even reversed by applying external pressure on the volume of higher concentration. In such a case the phenomenon is called reverse osmosis. If there are solute molecules only in one volume of the system, then the pressure on it, that stops the flow, is called the osmotic pressure.
The difference between diffusion and osmosis is that diffusion is the passive movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration down the concentration gradient. Particles will continue to move until dynamic equilibrium is reached, which is a state where the particles are evenly spread.Osmosis is the movement of water from a hypotonic solution (solution with less concentration) to a hypertonic solution (solution with a greater concentration of solute). Water will move to even the concentration of the two solutions to establish a state where both solutions are isotonic. ( two solutions have the same concentration).
One common indicator that a solution is saturated is the presence of undissolved solute at the bottom of the container, even after thorough mixing. Another sign is reaching a point where adding more solute does not result in further dissolution. Additionally, if the solution is in equilibrium with its solid phase and any additional solute added immediately precipitates out.
An unsaturated solution
The term used to describe a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution is "hypotonic." In a hypotonic solution, there are fewer solute particles relative to the solvent, leading to a lower osmotic pressure. This can result in water moving into the hypotonic solution through a process called osmosis, causing cells in the solution to swell or even burst.
Under some circumstances it is possible to dissolve more of a solute into a solution than the nominal solubility of that solute would allow. A saturated solution is one that contains all the solute that will normally dissolve, and a supersaturated solution contains even more of that solute. If the solution is disturbed in some way (the appearance of a nucleating particle, stirring, etc.) then the excess solute will precipitate from the solution, or in the case of a gas, will bubble out of the solution.
No, a concentrated solution need not be saturated always.Concentrated simply implies the presence of a particular solute in a solution in high percentile.Saturation implies that the addition of even a very small amount of a solute will result in a change of phase.Concentrated solution is a solution that contains a large amount of solute relative to the amount that could dissolve.
Hypotonic solution: when the solute concentration is lower outside the cell causing water to move into the cell. Hypertonic solution: when the solute concentration is higher outside the cell causing water to move out of the cell. Isotonic solution: when the solute concentration is equal inside and outside the cell resulting in no net movement of water.
It means you could dissolve even more material than is already dissoved.
Hypotonic refers to a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution. In biology, a hypotonic solution has less solute concentration outside a cell compared to inside the cell, causing water to flow into the cell. This can lead to cell swelling or even bursting in extreme cases.
There are three types of solute concentrations, Isotonic, Hypotonic and Hypertonic. The prefix refers to how much solute is in the solution as compared to the inside of the cell. In Isotonic, the cell and solution have the same concentration of solute, so the cell stays the same size. In Hypertonic, the cell has less solute than the solution, and therefore gives water to to balance out and shrivels. In Hypotonic, the cell has more solute than the solution, and accepts water from the solution, thereby swelling, which is potentially beneficial in plant cells but can destroy animal cells. I hope this answers your questions. Isotonic is the best for animals, hypotonic is the best for plants.
If the solution is hypotonic, that means that the concentration is less than that in the cell. Interestingly, despite the impermeability of the solute, the water still rushes into the cell to try and correct the imbalance, which causes the cell to swell and eventually burst.
molarity of moles of solute/liters of solution(not solvent) the volume of the solvent(even if it started at 1 L) would change after adding the solute depending on the molar mass, density, etc of the solute, the molarity would be different
If the cell has more solvents inside then outside then a (Hypotonic Soulution) will cause a flow of water into the cell. This will cause it to expand or verse. It can be the other way around too :) . Hope This Helped
The eventual result of diffusion is equilibrium. The concentrations prior to this point would be uneven. The solutes then diffuse from areas of high solute concentration to areas of low solute concentration. After diffusion, at equilibrium, the concentration will be even in different areas.