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Q.What is saturated solution ?

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Step 1. As solute is added to a solvent, it keeps dissolving, and initially the rate of dissolution far exceeds any rate of solute coming back out of solution.

Step 2. Once enough solute has dissolved, a point is reached where the solvent cannot hold any more solute at that temperature -- any additional solute added stays as an undissolved solid.

Step 3. At this point the solution is saturated: the RATE at which solid solute dissolves exactly equals the rate at which dissolved solute comes back out of solution (crystallises or, for a sparingly soluble salt, precipitates) -- a true dynamic equilibrium, exactly analogous to the solid-liquid/solid-vapour physical equilibria of chemical equilibrium (Std XI). …

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