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What is the pKa of the O-17 hydronium ion?
At low concentrations of a conjugate acid/base pair in aqueous solutions, the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation gives a good approximation of the ratio of acid and base:
$$ \frac{[\ce{A-}]}{[\ce{AH}]} = ...
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What pH value of 1M sodium crotonate solution supposed to be?
I need to prepare the $\pu{1M}$ solution of sodium crotonate, however, I don't have one in lab, but I do have sodium hydroxide and crotonic acid.
Thus, I calculated that for $\pu{100 mL}$ of $\pu{1M}$ ...
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Why is the experimental pH of vinegar (acetic acid) so much higher than expected?
I bought some sodium hydroxide on Amazon and went about titrating solutions I make with it.
As I'm an amateur chemist at home, I have limited tools. A pad of paper, some 5% acetic acid vinegar, and ...
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Naming convention for buffer solutions/systems
Is there an official naming convention to follow for buffer solutions/systems? I've noticed that the name of the buffer usually just follows the name of the salt (ex. sodium acetate buffer), but what ...
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Non-binding buffer at pKa of roughly 6 that dissolves in ethanol?
I'm trying to find a proper buffer for my experiment, which I'd appreciate some suggestions on. I have a solution in which I want to measure the concentration of magnesium ions using a fluorescent ...
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Measuring [A-]/[HA-] with Buffer and Indicator
I'm very confused on how to calculate the [A-]/[HA] value, given the fact that my dilution series uses buffers at various pH values with the same indicator (supplied at the same concentration to each ...
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What are the compounds in oxygen and carbon dioxide indicator solutions that gives their color?
My brother had some leftover oxygen and carbon dioxide indicator solution for one of his take-home experiments from school, so he let me have them. I want to use them for an experiment and write out ...
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How to control pH in a fermenter based on the acid produced by mircoorganism
I have got a bioreactor with an aqueous medium which produces biomass (yeast; S.cerevisiae) after inoculation.
I am observing and collecting data over the whole process via probes/etc. on different ...
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Find the concentration of the HCl solution when mixed with 1.265g of ACES-K+
$\pu{1.265 g}$ of N-(2-acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid potassium salt ($\ce{ACES^-K+}$, $M=\pu{220.29 g/mol}$) is dissolved in $\pu{88.42 mL}$ of water. $\pu{27.59 mL}$ of $\ce{HCl}$ is added to ...
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Why are colloidal sol particles of acidic dyes negatively charged and basic dyes positively charged, when it should be the other way round?
From NCERT Class 12 Chemistry; Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, India; January 2019; p. 136:
Colloidal solutions of basic dyes like methylene blue are positively charged whereas colloidal solutions of ...
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Acidity comparison on R-PO3H2
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Compare the acidity $(K_\mathrm{a1})$ of the following three acids:
$\ce{H3PO4},$ $\ce{Ph-PO(OH)2}$ and $\ce{H3C-PO(OH)2}.$
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These three acids are of type $\ce{R-PO3H2},$ where ...
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What is the pH and pKa relationship of LaCl3 in water and its precipitant La(OH)3?
In light of this question and its answers, I hope to get some insights into the $\mathrm{pH}$ of $\ce{LaCl3}$ in water and its $\mathrm{pH}$ relationship to $\ce{La(OH)3}$ precipitant's $\mathrm{p}K_\...
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How fast does atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolve into strongly basic solution?
I'm conducting some pH measurements with solutions containing NaOH and I'm a bit concerned that carbon dioxide will dissolve and affect my measurements by lowering the pH according to the reaction:
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Potassium phosphate buffer + EDTA
Given 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH = 7.0), 50 mM potassium propionate and 20 mM EDTA (acid). After addition of all 3 components pH becomes 4 since EDTA has 4 $\ce{OH}$ groups.
How to ...
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Calculating the pH of buffer solution made of two salts of a polyprotic acid
When we are making a buffer solution by solutions of a weak acid and its salt like $\ce{CH3COOH}$ and $\ce{CH3COONa}$, or by a weak base and its salt like $\ce{NH3}$ and $\ce{NH4Cl}$, we can use the ...
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