Miguel added 150 grams of baking soda to a liter of water at 20 °C. No matter how long he keeps stirring the solution, he can’t get all of the baking soda to dissolve. Explain why.

The solubility of a substance is the maximum amount of that substance that will dissolve in a particular solvent at a given temperature. The solubility of a substance generally increases with an increase in temperature.

At 20 °C temperature, the maximum amount of baking soda that can dissolve in a liter of water has been exceeded by Miguel. Hence, no matter how hard he tries to stir the solution, the excess baking soda will not dissolve.

AFOKE88 AFOKE88 · Answer 2 · 2022-03-18T15:11:02+01:00

The reason he can’t get all of the baking soda to dissolve is; because at 20 °C, the solution has become saturated with the baking soda.

What is a saturated solution?

For us to say a substance is soluble, it means that the maximum amount of that substance will dissolve in a particular solvent at a given temperature. Thus, the solubility of a substance is said increase with a corresponding increase in temperature.

From the question, at 20 °C temperature, miguel has exceeded the maximum amount of baking soda that can dissolve in a liter of water. Therefore, no matter how hard he tries to stir the solution, it will not dissolve due to the excess soda.

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