Metaphor watch: Super-saturated solution

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Until Solid?

Pretty sure super-saturated is accurate for solutions that currently have more saturant than they normally hold. This does not make them solid.

An example is taking water - heating it - and adding sugar to the point where it will no longer dissolve. Raising the temperature further will allow it to dissolve - resulting in a solution that is super-saturated. Once the liquit cools - the extra saturant will precipitate back out of the water. This is a nice way to create crystals in a solution.

Perhaps the metaphor is still apt. As the SOA craze blooms like the dot-coms, perhaps they too behave like this. All of the hot air and all of the far reaching promises will eventually fall out of the solution once the mania cools.

Posted by: jf1225   Posted on: 04/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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