Question

How do you make saturated solution of potassium iodide?

Answer 1

Can you define saturation....?

Explanation:

`KI(s) stackrel(H_2O)rightleftharpoonsK^+ +I^-`..

...and this describes an equilibrium scenario, where the concentration of `KI(aq)` is the SAME as it would be were the solution were in equilibrium with UNDISSOLVED solute.

This site reports exceptionally high solubility... And so to make the stuff, take a SMALL volume of water...approx. `1-2*mL`, and load the solution with `2-3*g` of the potassium salt.

AS always, saturation, depends on temperature in that a hot solvent can solvate more solute than a cold one...(and that sounds like an Australian beer commercial..`"I could go a cold one son!"`).