Chemistry 1302A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chief Operating Officer, Weak Base
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A buffer is an acid-base solution that is capable of resitsiting any chage in ph that may be caused by adding acid or base to the solution. A buffer is a combination of a weak acid and a conjugate weak base at equilibirum. We toss in a strong acid and the system absorbs it by "using it up" i. e we"re generating a product. So there is usually a ton of the acid and conjugate that are in 1 to 1 quantity. If i added an acid to this, the. Start with just ch3cooh and add some strong base to convert a portion of the acid into. We"re neutralizing a portion of the acetic acid a. Start with just ch3coo- and add some strong acid to convert a portion of the base into. Key point: both the weak acid and it"s conjugate must be present in significant amounts ph of a buffer. This is really just a common ion calculation.