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What is a supersaturated solution?

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Supersaturationis a state of asolutionthat contains more of the dissolved material than could be dissolved by the solvent under normal circumstances. It can also refer to a vapor of a compound that has a higher (partial) pressure than the vapor pressure of that compound.

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