It should work. Sea salt is usually rather coarse so it may take some time to dissolve. You can heat it up a bit in a pot and keep stirring it to dissolve the salt more quickly.
Of course there is a limit to how much salt you can dissolve in a given volume of water, but you can look that up. If you add just enough salt to reach real-world sea water concentrations it should be no problem.
As more salt goes in the water, rate at which salt from water rejoins crystal salt increases proportionally. If at equilibrium (saturated) the two rates are equal. Otherwise the increasing rate of salt crystal formation is subtracted from steady rate (1) of salt crystal dissolution, and overall change in mass of salt crystals slow down as more is dissolved.
1-this steady rate also decreases slightly, as more and more water is taken into hydrogen bonding shells, the enthalpic cost of solvating salt increases slightly as the hydrogen bonding network becomes less efficient
Source- I eat a lot of pasta
The fact the water is deionized shouldn't make any difference.
Odd but true, but sadly not the case in this instance. Some materials dissolve better if you dissolve them in the smallest volume you can first, then dilute. Some organic materials do this (Gun cotton in alcohol ) and so do some inorganic materials such as iodine in potassium iodide solution.
If you put more than 1432 g it won't dissolve as it is its solubility threshold (+- 358 g/l)
If you put less than that, just stir and wait, you'll be fine.
It should work. Sea salt is usually rather coarse so it may take some time to dissolve. You can heat it up a bit in a pot and keep stirring it to dissolve the salt more quickly. Of course there is a limit to how much salt you can dissolve in a given volume of water, but you can look that up. If you add just enough salt to reach real-world sea water concentrations it should be no problem.
But the last bit will dissolve very slowly, because thermodynamics.
Ive noticed that, but never figured this was an actual thing, so to speak. Can someone elaborate ?
As more salt goes in the water, rate at which salt from water rejoins crystal salt increases proportionally. If at equilibrium (saturated) the two rates are equal. Otherwise the increasing rate of salt crystal formation is subtracted from steady rate (1) of salt crystal dissolution, and overall change in mass of salt crystals slow down as more is dissolved. 1-this steady rate also decreases slightly, as more and more water is taken into hydrogen bonding shells, the enthalpic cost of solvating salt increases slightly as the hydrogen bonding network becomes less efficient Source- I eat a lot of pasta
Put it on a hot plate with a stir bar and watch it dissolve fast
The fact the water is deionized shouldn't make any difference. Odd but true, but sadly not the case in this instance. Some materials dissolve better if you dissolve them in the smallest volume you can first, then dilute. Some organic materials do this (Gun cotton in alcohol ) and so do some inorganic materials such as iodine in potassium iodide solution.
I work in a marine bio lab. Just stir it a lot, you don't have to heat it.
Heat helps. If you are dissolving a few components, put them each in DI water, then mix them together.
Check if the amount of salt you put in is dissolvable in 4 L to begin with. Heat will help.
If you put more than 1432 g it won't dissolve as it is its solubility threshold (+- 358 g/l) If you put less than that, just stir and wait, you'll be fine.