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Chapter 18, Problem 5E
What is the pH of a buffer when the concentrations of both buffer components (the weak acid and it conjugate base) are equal?
What happens to the pH when the buffer contains more of the weak acid than the conjugate base? More of the conjugate base than the weak acid?
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Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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