The solubility of substance (Z) is 40g/100ml of water at 25°C. A)Can you make a saturated solution if you add 120 g. of (Z) to 450ml of water at
25°C?

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No, It would be a unsaturated solution

Explanation:

The solubility of a compound gives us information about how a compound may dissolve or not in a determinate solvent.

In this case we have Z, which in 25 °C the solubility of this compound is 40g/100 mL water. This means that if we have 60 g of Z and try to dissolve it in 100 mL of water, only 40 g of Z will solve and the remaining 20 g will be in the water as precipitate or remaining solid.

Now if you just put 40 g of Z in 100 mL water, it will dissolve completely in water, and in this case, we have a saturated solution. A saturated solution is when you dissolve a determinated quantity of a solute in a determinated quantity of solvent, without remaining of solid or excess of solvent.

According to this explanation, we now have 120 g of Z. To make a saturated solution of Z with this quantity, well, let's do math. If 40 g dissolves in 100 mL, then 80 g would be 200 mL and 120 g would have to be 300 mL of water. But in this case, we have 450 mL of water, we have more than 300 mL, an excess of water, so, the 120 g will dissolve but it's dissolved in more than the needed quantity to be a saturated solution, therefore, we have an unsaturated solution of Z (more solvent than the needed).

Hope this helps.

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