SCIENCE WEEK 6

SATURATED AND UNSATURATED SOLUTIONS

SOLUTION

is a homogeneous mixture of one or more solutes dissolved in a solvent

COMPONENTS OF A SOLUTION
1. Solvent –component that dissolves the other component
Water is a solvent that dissolves solid substances

2. Solute – component that dissolves in the solvent

Sugar is a component that dissolves in water.
COMPONENTS
UNSATURATED SOLUTION

• It contains less solute than the maximum amount it can

dissolve at a given temperature
SATURATED SOLUTION

Contains maximum amount of Solute dissolved in a given amount of solvent

*At 20°C, the maximum amount of NaCl that will dissolve in 100. g of water is 36.0 g.
When 40.0 g is added, 36.0 g dissolves and 4.0 g remains undissolved.
SUPERSATURATED SOLUTION

Amount of solute is greater than the solute’s solubility at a

given volume and temperature