Acetic acid has a Ka of 1.8 x 10-5. Three acetifc acid/acetate buffer solutions, A, B, and C, were made using varying concentrations:   A. [acetic acid] ten times greater than [acetate] B. [acetate] ten times greater than [acetic acid], and C. [acetate] = [acetic acid].   Match each buffer solution to the expected pH:   a) pH = 3.74 b) pH = 4.74 c) pH = 5.74

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Acetic acid has a Ka of 1.8 x 10-5. Three acetifc acid/acetate buffer solutions, A, B, and C, were made using varying concentrations:

 

A. [acetic acid] ten times greater than [acetate]

B. [acetate] ten times greater than [acetic acid], and

C. [acetate] = [acetic acid].

 

Match each buffer solution to the expected pH:

 

a) pH = 3.74

b) pH = 4.74

c) pH = 5.74

 

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