In order to prepare a properly concentrated growth solution at work, your colleague asks you to prepare a citric acid-sodium citrate buffer, which has a pKa of 6.40. If the buffer should have a citric acid concentration of 0.95 M and a pH of 5.85, what concentration of sodium citrate do you need?

In order to prepare a properly concentrated growth solution at work, your colleague asks you to prepare a citric acid-sodium citrate buffer, which has a pKa of 6.40. If the buffer should have a citric acid concentration of 0.95 M and a pH of 5.85, what concentration of sodium citrate do you need?

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In order to prepare a properly concentrated growth solution at work, your colleague
asks you to prepare a citric acid-sodium citrate buffer, which has a pKa of 6.40. If the
buffer should have a citric acid concentration of 0.95 M and a pH of 5.85, what
concentration of sodium citrate do you need?

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