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Q. A supersaturated solution is a metastable state of solution in which solute concentration

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When a saturated solution prepared at a higher temperature is cooled, it gives a solution which contains usually more of solute than required for the saturated solution at that temperature. Such a solution is referred to as a supersaturated solution. It is usually unstable and changes to saturated solution when excess of solute comes out in solid state.