Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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Chapter 17, Problem 15PS
A buffer is composed of formic acid and its conjugate base, the formate ion.
- (a) What is the pH of a solution that has a formic acid concentration of 0.050 M and a sodium formate concentration of 0.035 M?
- (b) What must the ratio of acid to conjugate base be to have a pH value 0.50 units higher than the value calculated in part (a)?
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(a) Calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing 0.40 mole of KF and 0.50 mol of HF in 1.50 liter solution. (Ka of HF is 7.2*10–4); 15.0 mL of 1.00 M HCl is added to the original buffer in question (a).
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