Questions tagged [buffer]
Use for questions regarding solutions containing a mixture of a strong acid and weak base or vice versa.
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How to calculate a citric acid and trisodium citrate buffer?
I am trying to calculate how to prepare 500 mL of a citric acid (H3Cit) and trisodium citrate (Na3Cit) buffer with a pH = 4.5 and a total concentration of 0.1 M. I know that it is necessary to use the ...
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Can addition of a "neutral" salt like NaCl assist pH test strip measurement accuracy in low ionic strength/poorly buffered solutions?
After a web-search, it seems ISAs (Ionic Strength Adjusters) are offered commercially to assist pH electrode/probe measurements. Presumably meant to increase conductivity (without affecting pH ...
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How to estimate the pH of multi-component buffer (phosphate buffer in equilibrium with CO2 rich atmosphere)?
I wonder how the pH of buffer solution can be estimated if buffer consists of several systems in equilibrium to the gas phase. For example, (based on growth medium for one of the bacteria) buffer ...
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How strongly affected is the buffering capacity of sodium carbonate - sodium bicarbonate by temperature changes?
I would like to do a lab regarding the affects of temperature on the buffering capacity of sodium carbonate - sodium bicarbonate in particular for sulfuric acid. Currently I have two competing ...
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pH of PBS after adding acetic acid
Why is there a need for pH adjustment below ? Can pH go below 4.3 after adding acetic acid to PBS ?
“First prepare stock solution consisting of 50 ml of 10× PBS (pH 7.4), 12.5 ml of 80% glycerol, and ...
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Prepairing a Sodium Acetate buffer - Meaning of molarity
We have instructions to prepare a "50 mM Sodium Acetate, pH 5 solution". I am not entirely sure what does the molarity refer to in this case. Does it mean:
Add Sodium Acetate salt up to 50 ...
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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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How do two species from the same buffer system have different pKa values? [closed]
$$
\begin{array}{lr}
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\text{Reagent}~(\pu{0.1 M}~\text{solutions}) & \mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a} \\
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\text{Ammonia} & 9.25 \\
\text{Acetic acid} & 4.75 \\
\text{Ammonium chloride} &...
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How exactly does a buffer made up of a weak acid and its conjugate base work upon addition of hydroxide ions? [duplicate]
Consider a buffer solution containing a weak acid and its conjugate base ($c_\mathrm{total} = \pu{0.1 mol L-1}$):
$$\ce{HA <=> H^+ + A^-}$$
When $\ce{H+}$ ions are added (from a strong acid), ...
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buffer "recipe" needed [closed]
I have a question, that I hope can be answered without the respondant showing off how much they know about chemistry and talking in "words of art". It's been 50 years since I tool chemistry ...
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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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titrating a weak acid with strong base in the present of buffer
I would like to get a neutral salt solution for a weak acid whose pKa is 3.42. This weak acid is in the form of solution (now is 20% w/w), thus I cannot directly dissolve the powder into the buffer ...
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Given initial moles of weak acid, find moles of conjugate base to be added to get a final pH (volume unknown)
I am preparing notes on buffers and I came across this problem on a website:
Given 10.0 mmol of a weak acid HA with $\textrm{p}K_a =5$, how many mmol of NaA needs to be added to have a final $\textrm{...
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Calculating the pH of a 'buffer' solution?
Question: Determine the $\mathrm{pH}$ of the solution resulting when $\pu{100 cm^3}$ of $\pu{0.50 mol dm-3}$ $\ce{CH2ClCOOH}$ is mixed with $\pu{200 cm^3}$ of $\pu{0.10 mol dm-3}$ $\ce{NaOH}$.
The ...
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