Is there a way to dissolve more sugar into a solution that it should hold at that temperature? Explain how this is done and what the solution would be called.

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Shaniya Madden

8 February, 23:24

Is there a way to dissolve more sugar into a solution that it should hold at that temperature? Explain how this is done and what the solution would be called.

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Giancarlo Branch · Answer 1

The answer is: supersaturated solution.

A supersaturated solution contains more of the dissolved substance than could be dissolved by the solvent under normal circumstances.

A way to dissolve more sugar into a solution is heating a solution.

The more heat is added to a system, the more soluble a substance (in this example sugar) becomes.

The solution will become supersaturated if this solution is suddenly cooled at a rate faster than the rate of precipitation.