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Offline Donaldson Tan

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07 JUN 2004: Buffers
« on: June 07, 2004, 12:05:33 PM »
Would a buffer made from HF &NaF be suitable for maintaining ammonia predominantly as NH3 and not NH4-, and ethanoic acid as CH3COOH & not CH3COO-? Please Explain
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Re:07 JUN 2004: Buffers
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2004, 03:14:57 PM »
hint: think of relative strengths of conjugate acids and bases.
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Re:07 JUN 2004: Buffers
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2004, 07:22:34 AM »
Would a buffer made from HF &NaF be suitable for maintaining ammonia predominantly as NH3 and not NH4-
What do you precisely mean under word - predominantly - 90%, 95%, 99% or more.
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