Question

To make rock candy, sugar is dissolved in hot water until no more can dissolve, then the solution is allowed to cool. A stick is placed is placed in the sugar solution and crystals form on the stick. Describe what happens in terms of unsaturation, saturation, and supersaturation.

Answer 1

The hot solution is saturated and the cool solution is supersaturated

Step-by-step explanation:

Saturated solution is where the dissolved solute is in dynamic equilibrium with the undissolved solute. (No added solute will dissolve anymore) while Supersaturated solution is an unstable solution in which more than the equilibrium amount of solute is dissolved.