A chemist has dissolved a certain substance in water. The chemist knows that more of the substance could be dissolved into the water before it stops dissolving. Therefore, the current solution is

Solubility of potassium chlorate (KClO₃) at 100 grams of water at 80°C is 37.5 g, that means that all 37.5 g is completely dissolves, this is the saturated solution.

If we add 20 grams of potassium chlorate in 100 grams of water, there is less solute than the saturated solution, so this is unsaturated solution.

AkshayG AkshayG · Answer 2 · 2019-10-29T10:02:48+01:00

The current solution is [tex]\boxed{{\text{unsaturated}}}[/tex].

Further explanation:

The maximum amount of solute particles that can be dissolved in fixed amount of solvent to form a saturated solution is called solubility of a salt. The units of solubility are often expressed as [tex]{\text{g}}/100{\text{ mL}}[/tex]. Depending upon solubility the solution can be of three types:

1. Saturated solution

2. Unsaturated solution

3. Supersaturated solution

The saturated solution may be defined as a solution that has maximum amount of solute dissolved and that cannot accommodate any further solute. Such a solution has some undissolved substance at the bottom.

The unsaturated solution may be defined as the solution in which the solute concentration is smaller than the maximum amount that can be added and hence more amount can be easily added.

The supersaturated solution refers to the solution in which the solute concentration exceeds the maximum amount that can be added. Such a solution is prepared when a solution is heated to a certain temperature to dissolve this solute and then slowly cooled down to lower temperatures.

Since more solute can still be dissolved in the solution hence the current solution is unsaturated.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Chemistry

Chapter: Solutions

Keywords: solute, solvent,saturated solution,unsaturated solution,supersaturated solution, unsaturated and concentration.