What is the difference between an unsaturated solution and a saturated solution?

Answer 1

• An unsaturated solution has excess solvent and can still dissolve more solute.
• A saturated solution cannot dissolve any more solute, it will simply stay separate.

Answer 2

A saturated solution contains the maximum amount of solute (what is being dissolved) dissolved in an amount of solvent (what you are sticking the solute in). If you add more solute to a saturated solution, it will not dissolve. An unsaturated solution is opposite of this. It can dissolve more solute.

Answer 3

For an 'Unsaturated' Solution, more solute can be dissolved into ther solventy.

For a 'Saturated ' Solution , NO more solute can be dissolved in to the solvent. The solute will lie at the bottom of ther solvent as a solid.

Answer 4

A saturated solution is where a solid is at a equilibrium with the solvent. For example salt, Salt in water dissolves. The point at which no more salt can dissolve within the water is a saturated solution. A unsaturated solution is just the opposite, where there is no more solid left but the solution can still dissolve more.

Answer 5

saturated solutions can no longer dissolve any more solute because they have reached their max capacity

unsaturated solutions are when you can add more solute to the liquid and it would keep dissolving

Answer 6

In a saturated solution, you can not add any more solute and get it to dissolve, assuming current conditions such as temperature, pressure, pH. With an unsaturated solution, you could add more solute and get it to dissolve without changing anything else.

Answer 7

Yes, a saturated solution is different from an unsaturated solution.

Basically, most substances will have a rate of solubility- meaning to say, the amount of the substance which can dissolve in a solvent before the solvent is saturated and no more of the substance can dissolve in the solvent.

It's a little messy, so here's an example:

Let's say substance A's solubility in water is 50g per 100g of water.

So, if I add 50g of A to 100g of water, the water is saturated- no more of A can dissolve in it.

If I add 10g of A to 100g of water, the water is unsaturated- more of A can dissolve in it.

I hope this helps!

Answer 8

A saturated solution is one in which no more solute can be dissolved. It has reached its maximum "holding capacity" for the solute. An unsaturated solution in one in which more solute can still be dissolved since the solvent has not yet reached its maximum "holding capacity" for the solute.

Answer 9

An unsaturated solutuion is any solution that can dissolve more solute at a given temperature

Answer 10

Once a solution is saturated no more solute can be dissolved in it, but an unsaturated solution is capable of dissolving more.