Acetic acid’s pKa is 4.75 and nitrous acid’s pKa is 3.16. If you made one buffer of equal parts acetic acid and its conjugate base, then a second buffer of equal parts nitrous acid and its conjugate base, how would the two buffers’ pHs compare to each other? Why?

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Acid Base Titration

An acid-base titration is the method of quantitative analysis for determining the concentration of an acid and base by exactly neutralizing it with a standard solution of base or acid having known concentration.