Temperature’s Effect on Dissolving Solids in Chemistry I

My son is now studying Chemistry I for his tenth grade science studies with Dr. Wile.

While some of the labs sound quite complicated, this lab began in a familiar way with a twist for deeper study.

My son boiled water and freezing water, each with salt, to learn how temperature affects dissolvability of solids.

After poured a mixture of boiling water and dissolved salt into a filter lined funnel (see header photo), he had a mixture of water with 100% dissolved salt.

Then he chilled it in the freezer to observe what would happen to the salt.

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