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A saturated solution contains a liquid (solvent) and a solid (solute). In a solution that dissolves, the solute dissolves in the solvent. An example of this is table salt (NaCl) in Water (H20). When you stir some salt into water, it dissolves. However, when there is too much salt in proportion to water, there are leftovers at the bottom. This indicates that the solution is saturated. Put simply, It means that there is not enough solvent to dissolve the solute.

This happens because of dipole forces of the solvent attracting to ends of the solute. In a salt water solution, there needs to be about 6 water molecules to every 1 salt molecule. When there is too much of the salt, the solid falls to the bottom (precipitate).

An Unsaturated solution is simply one that has not passed this critical ratio of molecules.

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