Solubility vs Concentration - Basic Introduction, Saturated Unsaturated and Supersaturated Solutions

This chemistry video tutorial provides a basic introduction into solubility. It explains the difference between concentration and solubility. Solubility represents the maximum concentration that you can achieve by dissolving a substance in a solution at a given temperature. The solubility of a solution can be increased by increasing the temperature in the case of most ionic compounds. This tutorial discusses the difference between saturated, unsaturated and supersaturated solutions and contains examples & practice problems to illustrate the difference. Saturated solutions are in a state of equilibrium with the solid phase. Unsaturated solutions favor dissolution and supersaturated solutions favor precipitation.

Concentration Formula Sheet:

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Heating Curve of Water:

Heating Curve Chemistry Problems:

Final Temperature - Ice Water Mixture:

Molarity, Molality, Density, & Mass %:

Normality & Equivalent Weight:

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PPM and PPB Concentrations:

How To Convert PPM to Molarity:

Enthalpy of Solution & Hydration:

Solubility Vs Concentration:

Solubility Curves:

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Henry's Law & Gas Solubility:

Vapor Pressure & Clausius Equation:

Raoult's Law - Vapor Pressure:

Colligative Properties:

Chemical Kinetics Initial Rate Method:

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Final Exams and Video Playlists:

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[petroskarydis]

Thank you for your effort of explaining this. Before your video I thought that supersaturated solution meant to just exceed the amount of the solute than can be dissolved in a solvent even when not all of it dissolves. It is clear now that supersaturated solution means that both the solute exceeds the capacity of the solvent to dissolve and that the amount of solute has to remain dissolved (so no undissolved solute at the bottom of the container). At least that's how it makes sense in my mind now :)

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Once you understand the concept of solubility a little bit I think it's a good idea to watch this video to know the difference between solubility and concentration. Knowing this already from past organic chemistry lab experiments, solubility tells us the most that we can dissolve per L or mL of solution at any given temperature. Personally I love this youtube channel because of the descriptive and helpful videos as well as PDF worksheets and exams that they provide to understand a topic better.

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[IsaacRM]

i am so confused right now, the way my teacher taught me how to calculate saturated, unsaturated and supersaturated solutions is using conversion factors using the solubility for each substance, but here, he is using another formula (the concentration formula) and i am completely lost now! :( can someone explain ?

[jessves]

Wouldn't the concentration of the solute not remain the same in the solution after the temperature change? I'm confused based off a test I took that said the opposite of this example.

[sarfarazanjum]

Why 3rd is not supersaturted solution?

[saudrehman]

concentration of the solute in the vessel is equal to the solubulity of the solvent, is this statment correct when describing what is meant by a saturated solution

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