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What are the most common examples of concentrated solutions?

C V Britton  Follow

The solution on which the solute is more than the solvent .It is called concentrated solution.

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Bennett Eberle  Follow

Interesting question. Concentrated solutions are basically mixtures with tons of solute (the thing that’s being dissolved). However mixture is not completely full to the point where you can’t dissolve any solute (then that would be a saturated solution).

One good example would be Kool-Aid. You add the Kool-Aid mix (the solute) in the water (solvent-which dissolves the solute). If you add a lot of the mix, then the solution would be concentrated.

Another one would be coffee. It works the same way. Coffee mix is the solute, water is the solvent. You add a lot of the mix, the solution becomes concentrated.

I hope this helps!

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Amal Fatima  Follow

A dilute solution is one that does not have as much solute in it. This is mostly a competitive term and definitely needs context.

That said some dilute solutions could be adulterated milk where water has been added to milk.

Most laundry and dish detergents are diluted so that the consumer can use it without further modifications.

A concentrated peroxide solution would be 30 w/w versus a dilute might be 5 w/w.

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Damon Howze  Follow

Salt water. Imagine having 1g of salt to every 100g(1g = 1ml roughly) DI water. Then switch it to having 100g of salt to every 1g DI water. The first solution is very dilute in comparison to the second. It can also be said the second solution is very concentrated compared to the first solution.

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Collince Becky  Follow

A dilute solution is one that contains a relatively small amount of the solute in a given volume of solvent. Tap water is an example of a dilute solution; it contains very small quantities of dissolved minerals. A con- centrated solution contains a relatively large amount of the solute in the same volume of solvent.

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Brett Evill  Follow

You’ve have two choices, put more of the solute into the solution, or, distill the solution to get rid of some of the solvent.

The first option is fairly simple if you do have more of thhe solute. The second option might be problematic if the solute is volatile, or changed by heating the solvent. If the solvent is toxic then you would have to do the distillation in a fume hood. On the other hand if the solute is stable and the solvent is water, simply boiling the solution might be sufficient.

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Chee-Eng, Lim  Follow

Some of the examples of structured solution is ,

1)Carbonated water is saturated with carbon, hence it gives off carbon through bubbles.

2)Adding sugar to water until it no longer dissolves creates a saturated solution.

3)Continuing to dissolve salt in water until it will no longer dissolve creates a saturated solution.

An unsaturated tea and sugar solution would be one into which you could add more sugar and have the sugar still dissolve

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Colleen Karalee Peltomaa  Follow

A concentrated solution is just a solution that has a large amount of dissolved solute. Concentrated sulfuric acid is 98% sulfuric acid and 2% water. This is a very concentrated solution.

Oftentimes, you will see a comparison and have to decide which solution is more concentrated (in a comparison the one with more dissolved solute is concentrated, compared to the other solution which is dilute). So, for instance, suppose you have a 1.0 M NaCl solution and a 0.1 M NaCl solution. The 1.0 M NaCl solution is more concentrated than the other solution.

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Deuter Hew  Follow

If you mean some concentrated solutions in everyday life, then some examples are

  • battery acid as used in lead-acid (car) batteries. it is about 6M sulfuric acid.
  • acid used for cleaning bricks eg to remove mortar that may have got on them in the process of bricking. It is concentrated hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid can be made in concentrations up to around 12 M and I think from recollection, it is close to that.
  • brine, as in the brine use for salting meat. It is a saturated solution of sodium chloride or common salt.
  • Some household strength bleach solutions can be 4% sodium hypochlorite, and possibly some commercial strength bleach could be more concentrated than that.

The idea of a solution indicates that there is a solvent as well, and in many concentrated solutions, water is the solvent. The proportion of water is still generally much higher than the proportion of the solute.

  • alcoholic drinks are solutions of ethanol and water, and other solutes depending on how the drink was made. However, spirits generally have around 30-40% ethanol, and over-proof spirits can have alcohol concentrations much higher. One brand of rum I used to drink in my youth was around 70% alcohol. I did mix it of course.

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