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Title: borax pH
Post by: mufan on June 15, 2015, 12:35:26 PM

Hi,
Iam looking into water treatment formulations and have a question about borax.  when you dissolve it in DI water you get a pH of 9.3.  However, literature says that is buffers around 8 pH.  what does this mean?

thanks!

Title: Re: borax pH
Post by: Babcock_Hall on June 22, 2015, 09:55:10 AM

Can you explain what a buffer is in terms of a conjugate acid and a conjugate base?