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•described as saturated if it
has a high concentration of
solute
•described as supersaturated if
contains more dissolved solute
than normally possible
Definitions
Solutions can be classified as saturated or
unsaturated.
A saturated solution contains the maximum
quantity of solute that dissolves at that
temperature.
An unsaturated solution contains
less than the maximum amount
of solute that can dissolve at
a particular temperature
Example: Saturated and Unsaturated Fats
Saturated fats are
called saturated
because all of the
bonds between the
carbon atoms in a fat
are single bonds.
Thus, all the bonds
on the carbon are
occupied or
“saturated” with
hydrogen. These are
stable and hard to
decompose. The Unsaturated fats have at least one double bond between
body can only use carbon atoms; monounsaturated means there is one
these for energy, and double bond, polysaturated means there are more than
so the excess is one double bond. Thus, there are some bonds that
stored. Thus, these can be broken, chemically changed, and used for a
should be avoided in variety of purposes. These are REQUIRED to carry
diets. These are out many functions in the body. Fish oils (fats) are
usually obtained from usually unsaturated. Game animals (chicken, deer)
sheep and cattle fats. are usually less saturated, but not as much as fish.
Butter and coconut Olive and canola oil are monounsaturated.
oil are mostly
saturated fats.
Definitions
SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS
contain more solute than is possible to
be dissolved
Supersaturated solutions are unstable. The
supersaturation is only temporary, and
usually accomplished in one of two
ways:
1. Warm the solvent so that it will dissolve
more, then cool the solution
2. Evaporate some of the solvent carefully
so that the solute does not solidify and
come out of solution.
Concentration of Solute
moles solute
Molarity (M) = liters of solution
1.0 L of
water was
used to
make 1.0 L
of solution.
Notice the
water left
over.
PROBLEM: Dissolve 5.00 g of NiCl2 in
enough water to make 250 mL of solution.
Calculate the Molarity.
[NiCl2] = 0.154 M
USING MOLARITY
What mass of oxalic acid, H2C2O4, is
required to make 250. mL of a 0.0500 M
solution? moles = M•V
Step 1: Change mL to L.
250 mL * 1L/1000mL = 0.250 L
Step 2: Calculate.
Moles = (0.0500 mol/L) (0.250 L) =
0.0125 moles
Step 3: Convert moles to grams.
(0.0125 mol)(90.00 g/mol) = 1.13 g
Learning Check
An IDEAL SOLUTION is
one where the properties depend
only on the concentration of
solute.
Need conc. units to tell us the
number of solute particles per
solvent particle.
The unit “molarity” does not do
this!
Two Other Concentration Units
MOLALITY, m
mol solute
m of solution =
kilograms solvent
% by mass
Calculate molality
1.00 mol glycol
conc (molality) = 4.00 molal
0.250 kg H 2O
Calculate weight %
62.1 g
%glycol = x 100% = 19.9%
62.1 g + 250. g
Learning Check
1) 15% Na2CO3
2) 6.4% Na2CO3
3) 6.0% Na2CO3
Using mass %