When a spoonful of sugar is added to a glass of iced tea, it quickly dissolves. If no solid settles to the bottom, the resulting solution is

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When a spoonful of sugar is added to a glass of iced tea and it quickly dissolves, it means that the sugar has fully dissolved in the tea. If no solid settles to the bottom, it indicates that more sugar can be dissolved in the tea, which means that the solution is unsaturated. A saturated solution would mean that no more sugar can dissolve in the tea and any additional sugar would settle at the bottom. Ionic and normal do not describe the state of the solution in terms of saturation or solubility.

When a Spoonful of Sugar Is Added to a Glass