The data is: <em>Precipitation from a supersaturated sodium acetate solution. The solution on the left was formed by dissolving 156g of the salt in 100 mL of water at 100°C and then slowly cooling it to 20°C. Because the solubility of sodium acetate in water at 20°C is 46g per 100mL of water, the solution is supersaturated. Addition of a sodium acetate crystal causes the excess solute to crystallize from solution.</em>
The third solution is the result of the equilibrium in the solution at 20°C. As the maximum quantity that water can dissolve of sodium acetate at this temperature is 46g per 100mL and the solution has 100mL <em>there are 46g of sodium acetate in solution. </em>The other sodium acetate precipitate because of decreasing of temperature.
