Marie and Calvin dissolved 10 grams of KNO3 in 100 grams of water at 25oC. Next they added 5 grams more. Calvin told Marie that they could continue to add solute until they reached 40 grams because the solution was still

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Arabella Krueger

6 March, 03:40

Marie and Calvin dissolved 10 grams of KNO3 in 100 grams of water at 25oC. Next they added 5 grams more. Calvin told Marie that they could continue to add solute until they reached 40 grams because the solution was still

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Russell · Answer 1

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Calvin told Marie that they could continue to add solute until the reached 40 grams because the solution was still unsaturated.

Unsaturated solutions are those in which the solvent (in this case water) can still dissolve more solute (in this case KNO₃) at the given pressure and temperature. This can be seen visually when adding more solute doesn't result in the presence of grains of solids that settle in the bottom of the flask. That happens because the rate of dissolving is higher than the rate of crystallization.

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