A buffer solution that is made with equal volumes of 2.5M citric acid and 0.5M sodium citrate?  The Ka of citric acid is 8.4 x 10-4   What is the pH of  this buffer?                            ["pH = 2.38", "pH = 0.70", "pH = 3.08", "pH = 2.15"]            If I use the same buffer ingredients; 2.5M citric acid and 0.5M sodium citrate, but needed to create a buffer with a higher pH, should I add more citric acid or sodium citrate?                               ["citric acid", "sodium citrate"]

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A buffer solution that is made with equal volumes of 2.5M citric acid and 0.5M sodium citrate?  The Ka of citric acid is 8.4 x 10-4

 

What is the pH of  this buffer?                           

["pH = 2.38",

"pH = 0.70",

"pH = 3.08",

"pH = 2.15"]           

If I use the same buffer ingredients; 2.5M citric acid and 0.5M sodium citrate, but needed to create a buffer with a higher pH, should I add more citric acid or sodium citrate?                           

 

 ["citric acid",

"sodium citrate"]             

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