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acidic buffer solution
« on: August 16, 2006, 07:37:02 PM »
which of the following can make a acidic buffer solution ?

A H2S and NaHS
B NH3 and NH4Cl
C HNO3 and some thing, 
D somthing and H3O+
 i dont remember C and D but they are obviouly wrong, righ?

 there are A and B left,  i calculated the pH of B , it`s around 9 or something. so the answer is A
but it`s weird , i got 7.0 for the pH of A which makes the solution neutral.
what`s wrong now  ???
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Re: acidic buffer solution
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2006, 09:28:02 PM »
oh nevermind , i know what's wrong now, the answer should be D , H3O+ and H2O , or is it?

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Re: acidic buffer solution
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2006, 03:23:29 AM »
Strange question. Some of these solutions can be acidic, but I will not call them buffers in the classic sense.
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Re: acidic buffer solution
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2006, 09:14:01 AM »
Some of these solutions can be acidic
really? so you meant the way i calculated the pH for those solutions was wrong :
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i calculated the pH of B , it`s around 9 or something. so the answer is A
but it`s weird , i got 7.0 for the pH of A

but I will not call them buffers in the classic sense.
why?
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Re: acidic buffer solution
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2006, 11:06:18 AM »
C solution will be acidic for obvious reasons and it will have some buffer capacity. But HNO3 is too strong to be the buffer in the classic sense (even if it is the weakest of the strong acids).
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