How is supersaturated solution can be obtain?

Answer 1

The two ingredients needed are

-some type of crystal source (magnesium sulfate, table salt, sugar, copper sulfate, etc.)

-water (not sure if other liquids would work, I would imagine they would.)

take any amount of water, and put it in a glass container (beaker, glass, etc)

add your crystal source to the water. stir and keep adding in more of the crystal source until no more dissolves. when 5 minutes have gone by without the crystals dissolving any more, you now have a saturated solution.

now, heat the solution. this can be done in the microwave, on the stove, on a Bunsen Burner, or even on a grill if you want. Just make sure it still stays in the glass container.

when the solution begins to boil, keep adding more of the crystal source, constantly stirring it, until no more crystals dissolve. (<=== make sure you keep the solution on the heat source the entire time you do this step)

allow the solution to cool. when it's cooled to room temperature, you now have a super saturated solution!

THE CHEMISTRY BEHIND THIS--

in summary, water absorbs crystals. heated water absorbs more crystals. when heated, the water absorbs ALOT more crystals than normal, so when it cools the water is TOO full of crystals, making it unstable and able to crystallize very quickly.

~Krystal Fox

Answer 2

Just keep adding salt or sugar to water until the water can't absorb it anymore, and it lands on the bottom. For fun, you can pour the super saturated solution on a piece of tin foil and make cyrtals. If you plan on eating them, use sugar. You can use coloring to make them pretty.

Answer 3

A saturated solution occurs when no more solute can be dissolved by the solvent. Normally, a solvent can dissolve more solute at higher temperatures. A supersaturated solution can be created by raising the temperature of the solvent to increase the amount of dissolvable solute, then lower the temperature back down to a point where the concentration of the dissolved solute is above the the potential concentration of dissolved solute.

Answer 4

A supersaturated solution contain an amount of solute higher than the limit of solubility at a given temperature and pressure.