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out? 2. Assuming your buffered solution contains acetic acid, HOAc, and the sodi

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out? 2. Assuming your buffered solution contains acetic acid, HOAc, and the sodium salt of its conjugate base, NaOAc. Show the net ionic equations that occur when this buffered solution reacts with: (a) added strong acid, H, or (b) added strong base, OH- Biochemists and biologists often use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation in working with buffers: 3. pH = pKa + log IAT [HA HA + NaOH H2O + Na+ A- When an acid solution is half-neutralized, half of the HA has been converted to A-, and half of it is still in the form of HA. Therefore [HA] [A- What happens to the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation when [HA] equals (A -]? How is it simplified? 89

Explanation / Answer

2)

on addition of acid (H+) :

in the buffer on addition of acid the OAc- ion react with H+ forms acid . it is also buffer of the soluton .

H+   + OAc- --------------------------> HOAc

on addition of base OH-

net ionic reaction

HOAc + OH- -----------------------------> OAc-   + H2O

3)

pH = pKa + [A- / HA]

if [ A- ] = [ HA ]

pH = pKa + log [A- / A-]

pH = pKa + log (1)

pH = pKa