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What are saturated and unsaturated solutions?

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Hint: Solution is a mixture of two or more substances. A solution contains solute and solvent. The solute is the substance which dissolves into solvent. The amount of solute which can be dissolved in the solvent is called solubility. There are many types of solutions. Those are, gas- gas solution, gas – liquid solution,
Gas- solid solution, liquid liquid solution, solid- liquid solution, liquid –solid solution, solid-solid solution.

Complete answer:
A saturated solution is a solution which contains the maximum amount of a solute dissolved in a solvent. If we add additional solute that will not dissolve in that solution. That solution will be called a saturated solution. Here are some examples of saturated solutions.
Sugar can be added into vinegar to form a saturated solution.
 An unsaturated solution is a solution or a chemical solution which contains solute and solvent but the concentration of solute is lower than the saturation level or the equilibrium solubility. If we add more solute to that solution that will dissolve into the solvent. Here are some examples of unsaturated solutions.
Add a spoonful of sugar to the hot water. This produces an unsaturated sugar solution.
Vinegar is also an unsaturated solution of acetic acid in water.

Note:
A chemical solution has some properties. Those are,
1.A solution is a homogeneous mixture.
2.A solution never scatters a light beam or light ray.
3.Components of a solution cannot be separated using a simple normal method of filtration.
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