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 (numerically) model a phosphoric acid titration curve
I've been learning how to simulate a 1M phosphoric acid titration curve using numerical methods in R.
So far has this has been the best curve:
Notice how it flattens out (artificially) towards the ...
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Solubility Product and Buffers
The ionization constant of benzoic acid is $6.46 \times 10^{-5}$ and solubility product for silver benzoate is $2.5 \times 10^{-13}$. How many times silver benzoate is more soluble in a buffer of $\...
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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 calculate bicarbonate and carbonate from total alkalinity [closed]
It's been a long time since I did my chemistry classes and I'm currently trying to analyze groundwater samples for hydrogeology purposes. I would like to evaluate carbonate and bicarbonate ...
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Finding dissolved amount of base from pH and solubility product
Calculate the amount of $\ce{Mg(OH)2}$ which is solubilized in $\pu{1.25 L}$ of a buffered solution at $\mathrm{pH} = 9.5$. $(K_\mathrm{sp}(\ce{Mg(OH)2}) = \pu{5.61E-12})$.
From $\mathrm{pH}$ I ...
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