What is a simple feature of a supersaturated solution?
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Correct answer: It contains more solute than normal saturated amount
At a specified temperature, a supersaturated solution contains more dissolved solute than the equilibrium saturated solution normally can hold. It is therefore a metastable state and may crystallize when disturbed or seeded. Option A gives the defining feature; the other options contradict the meaning of supersaturation.
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It contains more solute than normal saturated amount
Why is this the correct answer?
At a specified temperature, a supersaturated solution contains more dissolved solute than the equilibrium saturated solution normally can hold. It is therefore a metastable state and may crystallize when disturbed or seeded. Option A gives the defining feature; the other options contradict the meaning of supersaturation.
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This is a Class 11 Chemistry question. Chapter: Chapter 01: Solutions.
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