Your boss wants you to make some buffers using the acetic acid / acetate buffering system....

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Your boss wants you to make some buffers using the acetic acid /acetate buffering system. You find 0.100 M stock solutions of Naacetate and acetic acid on the shelf. Use your resources to findthe pKa for this system and calculate hte amount in mL of each youwould have to use to make 500 mL of the following buffer

Desirec pH : 4.00

mL Na acetate _____

mL acetic acid _____

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Solution pka of acetic acid 475 Given Total volume of the buffer 500 mL pH of the buffer 40 Molarity of stock solution 0100 M We know Na acetate acetate ion We use HendersonHasselbalch equation to get ratio    See Answer
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