Saturated Vs.

Unsaturated
 Concentration
• Concentration is the amount of solute
dissolved in a given quantity of solvent.
 Concentration
UNSATURATED SATURATED SUPERSATURATED
SOLUTION SOLUTION SOLUTION
more solute no more solute becomes unstable,
dissolves dissolves crystals form

concentration
 Diluted Solutions
• Diluted solutions are solutions with a low
concentration of solute.

Weak
Juice
 Concentrated Solutions
• Concentrated solutions are solutions that
contain a high amount of solute.

Strong Coffee
 Unsaturated
• Unsaturated solutions are still able to dissolve
more solute.

• The solution still contains empty spaces between

the solute and solvent particles.

• Both dilute and concentrated solutions are

unsaturated.
 Saturated
• Saturated solutions contain the maximum amount
of solute that can dissolve.

• All of the spaces between the solute and the

solvent are filled.

• Any more solute that is added will not dissolve.

 Saturated Vs. Unsaturated
Unsaturated: Saturated:
 Supersaturated
• Supersaturated solutions contain more
solute than can dissolve in a solution.

• Solute will remain undissolved in a

supersaturated solution.
 How do we get a Supersaturated
Solution?
• A hot saturated solution at a high temperature is allowed to
cool gradually.

• As the solutions cools the particles loose energy, and

attraction between the crystals brings the particles back
together again.

• As the solutions cools you will begin to see particles of

solute in the solution, it will become supersaturated.
 Solubility
• The solubility of a solute is the exact
amount of solute required to form a
saturated solution at a given temperature.

• The solubility for every solvent/solute

combination varies drastically.
 Soluble/Insoluble vs. Miscible/Immiscible
• SOLUBLE – a substance
that can be dissolved.
• INSOLUBLE – a substance
that CANNOT be dissolved
• MISCIBLE – a liquid
substance that is soluble in
Immiscible Miscible
another liquid.
• IMMISCIBLE – a liquid
substance that is insoluble in
another liquid.