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  • urea become crystals

    Posted by smok on October 18, 2019 at 4:59 pm
    Urea has been stuck in water for a number of days and has become all
    Is a crystal
    what happened
    Is it still effective?
    smok replied 5 years, 1 month ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Pharma

    Member
    October 18, 2019 at 6:55 pm

    Which % did you add and what else is in said solution?

  • smok

    Member
    October 19, 2019 at 9:27 am
    except water and urea
    50%
  • EVchem

    Member
    October 21, 2019 at 5:06 pm

    50% urea in just water? well that’s why 
     That much urea is hard to solubilize, especially since it’s endothermic when dissolving.  

  • MarkBroussard

    Member
    October 21, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    If I recall correctly, the maxiumum solubility of Urea in water is about 17% Urea.  You can easily check the solubility with a simple Google search.

  • smok

    Member
    October 22, 2019 at 8:22 am

    sory i mean 5%

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