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Since water can only dissolve so much salt, 1.4 kilograms of salt per gallon of water to be exact, before any additional salt will remain isolated from the water in the form of salt crystals. So, as water evaporates from a saline solution (salt dissolved in water) there is less and less water for the salt to dissolve in. Eventually, the amount of salt in solution exceeds the maximum amount that the remaining water can dissolve. Once this point is reached, the excess salt starts to precipitate out in the form of salt crystals. These crystals continue to grow as more and more of the salt is displaced from the water.
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∙ 14y agoHalite is the mineral that we call table salt and is formed by the evaporation of fluids that are saturated in the elements that salt is made of, specifically sodium and chlorine.
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How does adding salt to water effect evaporation?
The salt added to water makes the water colder so salt water evaporates slower than just plain fresh water.
What are the results of the project what evaporates faster salt water or fresh water?
pure water evaporates faster because it has a higher vapour pressure than salt water. Raoult's Law. The attraction between salt ions and water is stronger than that of water molecules. It therefore takes more energy to separate a water molecule from salt, that a water molecule from another water molecule.
Is a rotten cabbage a physical or a chemical change?
It is a chemical change.Physical changes are reversible but a rotting egg cannot be made a fresh egg again. Also, the contents of a rotten egg are different from that of a fresh egg. This is also proof of the change being chemical as new products are formed in chemical change only.
What is the pH level of fresh milk?
what is the pH level of fresh milk
How does carbon dioxide react with fresh water as compared to salt water?
it does not react in fresh water
Do halite crystals form when fresh water evaporates?
Halite is rock salt. Even some fresh water lakes have Na+ and Cl- dissolved in them, so I would guess that yes, some halite forms. But probably not all that much compared to a salt lake evaporating.
Is water that evaporates from the ocean salty or fresh?
It's fresh water. The salt remains in the oceans as the water evaporates.
What evaporates the fastest fresh water or salt water?
Fresh water is evaporated faster.
What evaporates faster polluted water or fresh water?
Fresh water evaporate faster.
Why does salty water evaporates faster than fresh water?
Fresh water is evaporated faster.
Will fresh water or salt evaporate faster?
At the same temperature fresh water evaporates faster.
How can you get fresh water if it evaporates?
After evaporation vapors must be condensed.
What provides heat that evaporates fresh water from the ocean?
The sun
What happens when fresh lake water evaporates?
it turns into a cloud
Which evaporates fastest between saltwater and freshwater?
Fresh water.
What evaporates faster fresh water or soft drink?
The differences are not important.
What water evaporates fastest salt or fresh?
SALT will evaporate the fastes
