If a researcher needs the pH of a reaction solution to be maintained at pH 8.3. There are a number of buffers to choose from; what range of buffer pKa values should the researcher be selecting a buffer from?

If a researcher needs the pH of a reaction solution to be maintained at pH 8.3. There are a number of buffers to choose from; what range of buffer pKa values should the researcher be selecting a buffer from?

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solution to be maintained at pH 8.3.
There are a number of buffers to choose
from; what range of buffer pKa values
should the researcher be selecting a
buffer from?

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