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If a seed crystal was added to a supersaturated solution how would you characterize the resulting solution?
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If a seed crystal was added to a supersaturated solution, the resulting solution would be a crystallized solution. The formation of solid crystals that precipitate from a solution is called crystallization.
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If a solute crystallizes out of a solution when seed crystal is added what kind of solution is it?
It is a supersaturated solution. These solutions are formed when a saturated solution with excess solute in it (like saltwater with extra salt on the bottom) is heated until all the solute dissolves. When the solution is cooled, the extra solute remains in solution--thus supersaturated because more solute is dissolved than should be at that temperature. The seed crystal provides an opportunity for the extra solute to come out of solution.
How do you make a supersaturated Epsom salt solution?
make a fully saturated solution, then add more. after adding, greatly heat up the solution and stir it to dissolve more salt. when it cools down, you have a supersaturated solution. word of caution, if you put any kind of crystal structure in this solution, then the excess will crystalize back out.
What makes dry ice and cola react?
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide (CO2); cola is a super-saturated solution of carbon dioxide (and other things). If you add a crystal of salt to a supersaturated salt solution, the extra salt dissolved in the water will start crystallizing around that "seed" crystal you added and come out of solution. Relatedly, when you add solid/gaseous pure CO2 to a supersaturated CO2 solution, the extra dissolved CO2 will start coming out of solution, prompted by the addition of pure CO2.
What is the definition for super saturated solution?
Saturation is divided into 3 groups: Saturated. Unsaturated. Supersaturated. Supersaturated is when there is too much solute in the solvent so the excess solute just falls to the bottom of the beaker/flask/cup.
What is One way to determine the degree of saturation of a solid liquid solution is to drop a crystal of the solute into the solution if the crystal sits at the bottom of the container the solution is?
You have to heat it. When the solute is at a higher temperature, it will dissolve more matter (for most solutions) When all the crystals are dissolved, you let it sit in COLD water (UNDISTURBED) for 5min. then, you drop a crystal, and it will crystallize. Unstaturated: when you put crystals and it easily dissolves Saturated: when some of the crystals sit at the bottom Supersaturated: when any disturbance makes it crystallize
What is the original solution if a crystal is added to an aqueous solution causes many particles to come out of the solution?
Supersaturated.
What can someone do with a seed crystal?
Grow a crystal in a supersaturated solution. Remember, you create a supersaturated solution by dissolving the solute in solvent at a high temperature, then allow the solution to cool very slowly.
Give Example of supersaturated solution?
I think it's crystal
Why did the supersaturated solution begin to drop small crystals when the additional sodium thiosulfate was added?
The supersaturated solution begin to drop small crystals when the additional sodium thiosulfate was added because the supersaturated solution got reverted back to a saturated solution. Every solution has it;s own level of saturation, at a certain temperature a limit of the solute can be disolved in it, if you heat the solution the limit changes and more of the solute can be added in the solution. This is a supersaturated solution.When you drop an extra crystal into a supersaturated solution, all the extra crystals that aren't suppose to be in it crystalize out of the solution.
What would happen if a potassium alum seed crystal is placed in a supersaturated copper sulfate solution?
The seed will be destroyed.
If a solute crystallizes out of a solution when seed crystal is added what kind of solution is it?
It is a supersaturated solution. These solutions are formed when a saturated solution with excess solute in it (like saltwater with extra salt on the bottom) is heated until all the solute dissolves. When the solution is cooled, the extra solute remains in solution--thus supersaturated because more solute is dissolved than should be at that temperature. The seed crystal provides an opportunity for the extra solute to come out of solution.
How do you make a supersaturated Epsom salt solution?
make a fully saturated solution, then add more. after adding, greatly heat up the solution and stir it to dissolve more salt. when it cools down, you have a supersaturated solution. word of caution, if you put any kind of crystal structure in this solution, then the excess will crystalize back out.
What makes dry ice and cola react?
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide (CO2); cola is a super-saturated solution of carbon dioxide (and other things). If you add a crystal of salt to a supersaturated salt solution, the extra salt dissolved in the water will start crystallizing around that "seed" crystal you added and come out of solution. Relatedly, when you add solid/gaseous pure CO2 to a supersaturated CO2 solution, the extra dissolved CO2 will start coming out of solution, prompted by the addition of pure CO2.
What is in instant heat packs?
Instant heat packs contain a supersaturated solution of sodium acetate that heats up when the crystallization process is started by flexing a metal disc embedded in the liquid. Since the liquid is supersaturated (concentration of a solution beyond saturation point), flexing the notched ferrous metal disc makes the solution crystallize suddenly, thereby releasing the energy of the crystal lattice.
What is the definition for super saturated solution?
Saturation is divided into 3 groups: Saturated. Unsaturated. Supersaturated. Supersaturated is when there is too much solute in the solvent so the excess solute just falls to the bottom of the beaker/flask/cup.
What is One way to determine the degree of saturation of a solid liquid solution is to drop a crystal of the solute into the solution if the crystal sits at the bottom of the container the solution is?
You have to heat it. When the solute is at a higher temperature, it will dissolve more matter (for most solutions) When all the crystals are dissolved, you let it sit in COLD water (UNDISTURBED) for 5min. then, you drop a crystal, and it will crystallize. Unstaturated: when you put crystals and it easily dissolves Saturated: when some of the crystals sit at the bottom Supersaturated: when any disturbance makes it crystallize
Contrast the formation of minerals from magma and their formations from solution?
The formation of minerals from magma depends on how quickly the magma cools- if it cools slowly the crystals are bigger, slower= smaller crystals. The formation of minerals from solution depends on wether the solution becomes overfilled with a dissolved substance and gets supersaturated, then the individual atoms bond together and mineral crystal is formed from the solution.
