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If salt crystals are put in water, the saturation point is said to be 26%, when crystals are still visible at the bottom. I assume that means sitting still. If I use red (Himalayan) salt, I can see that when I shake the container, more particles of salt float around, and cloud it. This water must be a higher % than the still water. I know it's just guess work, but what would you say is the salt % in the shaken water.

2007-01-05 08:31:37 · 1 answers · asked by Pneuma 3 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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The amount of salt in a saturated solution is constant, but you can still break up the chunks of salt and suspend the smaller particles with agitation. This might make it appear like more salt has gone into solution.

I suppose to some degree you could be supersaturating the solution with agitation, and then precipitating when the agitation stops. But I wouldn’t think agitation would supersaturate as well as adding heat to the solution.

2007-01-05 09:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by James H 5 · 0 0

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