A certain buffer has a pH = 5.00. What do you expect will happen to the pH of the buffer if the concentration of the buffer is halved?    A. The pH will halve.  B. The pH will double.  C. The pH will stay the same.  D. More information is needed to answer this question

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A certain buffer has a pH = 5.00.

What do you expect will happen to the pH of the buffer if the concentration of the buffer is halved?

 
  •  A. The pH will halve.
  •  B. The pH will double.
  •  C. The pH will stay the same.
  •  D. More information is needed to answer this question
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