Buffers
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Learning Objectives
After completing this exercise, students will be able to:
- Identify a buffer solution.
- Calculate the pH of a buffer solution.
- Calculate the amount of reagents required to prepare a buffer solution.
- Design an acid/base titration.
- Choose a proper acid/base indicator.
Part 1. Buffer Solutions
- Determine if each of the following results in the formation of a buffer solution. Justify your answer. Calculate the pH of the buffer solutions.
- A solution containing 0.100 M acetic acid and 0.150 M sodium acetate
- A solution containing 1.2 mM NH3 and 0.40 M NH4Cl.
- A solution containing 0.25 M NaOH and 0.25 M HCl.
- A solution prepared by mixing 10.00 mL of 0.100 M NaHCO3 and 10.00 mL of 0.200 M Na2CO3.
- A solution prepared by mixing 25.00 mL of 0.50 M citric acid with 75.00 mL of 0.50 M NaOH.
- A solution containing 0.100 M acetic acid and 0.150 M sodium acetate
- Describe how you would prepare 250 mL of a 100 mM acetate buffer with a pH of 5.0. You have the following available to you in the lab: 17.4 M acetic acid, solid sodium acetate, 1.0 M NaOH, and 1.0 M HCl.
Contributors and Attributions
- Susan Oxley, St. Mary’s University (San Antonio) (soxley@stmarytx.edu)
- Sourced from the Analytical Sciences Digital Library