Imagine you add salt to a glass of water which has been sitting on the counter. After adding more salt, and st

Question

a) Is this salt-water combination a mixture, solution, suspension, or emulsion?
b) Explain why no more salt will dissolve in the water.
c) What could you do to this same glass of water to get more salt to dissolve?
d) If you put this glass of salt-water into the freezer, what would you expect to happen to it? (sorry, just saying it will freeze is not enough)

Answer 1

a-it is a special mixture called a solution
b-the water is saturated
c-heat it
d-the salt that is dissolved will come out of solution

Answer 2

1. solution
2. The solution is saturated
3. Heat it up
4. Pure water will freeze from the solution first, making the remaining solution more and more concentrated.