Chemistry (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 10: 0078021529
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 17 - Questions and Problems - Page 824: 17.7

Answer

Buffers are solutions with the capacity of resisting changes in pH when acids or bases are added. A buffer must contain a conjugate weak acid-base pair, and they have to be in comparable concentrations.

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Buffers are solutions with the capacity of resisting changes in pH when acids or bases are added. A buffer must contain a conjugate weak acid-base pair, and they have to be in comparable concentrations.
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