Solution Composition An Introduction

AIM To learn qualitative terms associated with the concentration of a solution. 

Even for very soluble substances, there is a limit to how much solute can be dissolved in a given amount of solvent. For example, when you add sugar to a glass of water, the sugar rapidly disappears at first. Ffowever, as you continue to add more sugar, at some point the solid no longer dissolves but collects at the bottom of the glass. When a solution contains as much solute as will dissolve at that temperature, we say it is saturated. If a solid solute is added to a solution already saturated with that solute, the added solid does not dissolve. A solution that has not reached the limit of solute that will dissolve in it is said to be unsaturated. When more solute is added to an unsaturated solution, it dissolves. 

Although a chemical compound always has the same composition, a solution is a mixture and the amounts of the substances present can vary in different solutions. For example, coffee can be strong or weak. Strong coffee has more coffee dissolved in a given amount of water than weak coffee. To describe a solution completely, we must specify the amounts of solvent and solute. We sometimes use the qualitative terms concentrated and dilute to describe a solution. A relatively large amount of solute is dissolved in a concentrated solution (strong coffee is concentrated). A relatively small amount of solute is dissolved in a dilute solution (weak coffee is dilute). 

Although these qualitative terms serve a useful purpose, we often need to know the exact amount of solute present in a given amount of solution. In the next several sections, we will consider various ways to describe the composition of a solution. 

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Sometimes when a solid is dissolved to the saturation limit at an elevated temperature and then allowed to cool, all of the solid may remain dissolved. This type of solution is called a supersaturated solution—it contains more dissolved solid than a saturated solution will hold at that temperature. A supersaturated solution is very unstable. Adding a crystal of the solid will cause immediate precipitation of solid until the solution reaches the saturation point. 

As we will see in Section 15.2, the concentration of a solution is a measure of the amount of solute dissolved in a given volume of solution. 

We can use this idea to better understand the terms concentrated and dilute. 

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