As with any equilibrium, solubility equilibria can be manipulated or shifted wit

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As with any equilibrium, solubility equilibria can be manipulated or shifted with temperature. This is why solubility of a compound changes with temperature; usually heating up a solution means more solute can be dissolved because the Ksp value changes. You can see this trend in the solubility curve of sugar below. When this solution cools down, there is more solute than what Ksp should allow, a condition known as supersaturation. This process is how rock candy is made; a supersaturated solution of sugar water is created by heating the water and then a stick is placed in the solution as it cools to allow the sugar to crystallize around that as the solubility decreases Solubility of Sugar in Water 300 150 o 10 20 30 40 50 60 To go 100 Temperature

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adding more sugar will shift equlibria towards solid sugar as adding sugar will reduce the temperature further

and this will supersaturate the solution

and this will also help to crystalize well

will

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