Distilled Water Experiment

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Have you ever wondered how much a substance can dissolve in a given amount of water? My project will determine how much table salt, epsom salt and sugar will dissolve in distilled water. Distilled water is water that is purified by distillation which is when you heat up water and get rid of the natural minerals that are usually found in the water. You can’t drink this kind of water because it doesn’t have the minerals that we need. Out of the three substances, I think the table salt will dissolve the fastest because it is an ionic substance and water is a polar substance. A polar substance is when they have a negative and a positive electrical charge. This makes the water surround the salt molecules and makes it dissolve. This project was chosen because I was interested in seeing which substance would dissolve the most in the given amount of water.
A solute is the substance that will be dissolving and solvent is the substance that is doing the dissolving. Solutions are a homogenous mix of particles which means that they are evenly distributed throughout. Solubility is how much o...

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