If you prepare a best buffer with pH 3.5, which of the following compounds you will use?   a.   Na2HPO4/ NaH2PO4 (pKa: 6.8)   b. lactose (pKa: 12.39) c. acetic acid/sodium acetate (pKa: 4.76) d. phosphoric acid/sodium phosphate (pKa: 2.12) e. formic acid/sodium formate (pKa: 3.77)

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If you prepare a best buffer with pH 3.5, which of the following compounds you will use?


 

a.

 

Na2HPO4/ NaH2PO4 (pKa: 6.8)


 

b.

lactose (pKa: 12.39)

c.

acetic acid/sodium acetate (pKa: 4.76)

d.

phosphoric acid/sodium phosphate (pKa: 2.12)

e.

formic acid/sodium formate (pKa: 3.77)

 

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