Take a cup of water, add sugar, and stir. If the resulting solution contains sugar crystals that do not dissolve, the solution is said to be?

a)an unsaturated solution
b)a saturated solution
c)a homogeneous solution
d)none of the above

Is it d - supersaturated

3 answers

No the answer is b - a saturated solution.

A supersaturated solution is when you increase the concentration of the solution beyond its saturation point.
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