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What happens to the ions after dissociation in an aqueous solution? [closed]
I'm in high school studying about Buffer Solutions. We had an example of a solution made up of Ammonium Hydroxide and Ammonium Chloride for a Basic Buffer.
NH4OH ⇌ NH4 (+) + OH(-)
NH4Cl ⇌ NH4 (+) + ...
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Sodium Citrate / Sodium Phosphate Buffer Calculations
I'm trying to work through the calculations of a specific paper (linked here / below) but, my numbers are way off and I can't get them to match for the life of me. I need to make the same buffer but ...
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How do buffers work? and why only solutions of a weak acid and its salt with a strong base or vice versa work as a buffer [closed]
Please note that the definition of a buffer in my textbook is given as
The solutions which resist change in pH on dilution or with the addition of small amounts of acid and alkali are called Buffer ...
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Buffer problem in polyprotic acids [duplicate]
I read a problem which was as follows:
Equal volumes of $\pu{1M} \ \ce{H3PO4}$ and $\pu{1M} \ \ce{Na3PO4}$ are mixed. The $\mathrm{pH}$ of the resultant mixture is (along with this $K_\mathrm{a1}, K_\...
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Finding the pOH of a buffer from the scratch without the Henderson Hasselbalch equation
I found this question on the internet that said:
Find the pOH of the solution obtained by mixing $\pu{0.1 mol}$ of $\mathrm{NH_4 OH}$ $(K_\mathrm b = 10^{-5})$ and $\pu{0.1 mol}$ of $\ce{(NH4)2SO4}$ ...
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Calculating ratio of conjugate base and acid when pH and pKa are given
Buffer solutions are used by biological mammalian systems to maintain the $\mathrm{pH}$ of blood plasma within a narrow range. In these systems, the compound from which this solution is obtained is $\...
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What's the effect of temperature on buffering capacity?
I did some research online but I still couldn't get any conclusion. Some said that the buffering capacity decreases when temperature increases because of the increase in ionisation of the weak acid ...
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How to Prepare a Buffer Solution?
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I am given the task of preparing three buffer solutions at pH $10$, $9.5$, and $9.0$ . I have available concentrated ammonia and $\pu{3M}$ hydrochloric acid. The buffer capacity desired is $\...
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Relative levels of the two most prominant glutamate species at pH 4.7
Calculate the relative levels (i.e. ratios of concentrations) of the two most prominant glutamate species at pH 4.7.
I know that the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation is to be used which is
$$\mathrm{pH=...
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Finding is the concentration of H⁺ in a benzoate buffer solution after adding HCl
Q: A buffer with a $\mathrm{pH}$ of 4.44 contains $\pu{0.21 M}$ of sodium benzoate and $\pu{0.12 M}$ of benzoic acid. What is the concentration of $\ce{[H+]}$ in the solution after the addition of $\...
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How many moles NH4Cl must be added to NH3 to create buffer with pH=9?
How many moles of $\ce{NH4Cl}$ must be added to $\pu{2.0 L}$ of $\pu{0.10 M}$ $\ce{NH3}$ to form a buffer with $\mathrm{pH}=9$? Assume the addition does not change the volume of the solution ...
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How to calculate ionic strength of zwitterionic buffers?
Using the formula for the molar ionic strength from Wikipedia — Ionic strength
$$I = \frac 1 2\sum_{i = 1}^nc_iz_i^2,$$
I have calculated that $\pu{0.1 M}$ of HEPES $(\ce{C8H18N2O4S})$ would have a ...
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