2-56. The fluids within cells are buffered by H2PO4¯ and HPO4²¯.2-a. Calculate the ratio of HPO² to H₂PO required tomaintain a pH of 7.1 within a cell.b. Could a buffer system employing H3PO4 as the weak acid andH2PO4 as the weak base be used as a buffer system withincells? Explain.

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Define a buffer solution. What makes up a buffer solution? How do buffers absorb added H+ or OH with little pH change? Is it necessary that the concentrations of the weak acid and the weak base in a buffered solution be equal? Explain. What is the pH of a buffer when the weak acid and conjugate base concentrations are equal? A buffer generally contains a weak acid and its weak conjugate base, or a weak base and its weak conjugate acid, in water. You can solve for the pH by setting up the equilibrium problem using the K.a reaction of the weak acid or the Kb reaction of the conjugate base. Both reactions give the same answer for the pH of the solution. Explain. A third method that can be used to solve for the pH of a buffet solution is the HendersonHasselbalch equation. What is the HendersonHasselbalch equation? What assumptions are made when using this equation?
8-60 How is the buffer capacity affected by the ratio of the conjugate base to the conjugate acid?
A good buffer generally contains relatively equal concentrations of weak acid and conjugate base. If you wanted to buffer a solution at pH = 4.00 or pH = 10.00, how would you decide which weak acidconjugate base or weak baseconjugate acid pair to use? The second characteristic of a good buffer is good buffering capacity. What is the capacity of a buffer? How do the following buffers differ in capacity? How do they differ in pH? 0.01 M acetic acid/0.01 M sodium acetate 0.1 M acetic acid/0.1 M sodium acetate 1.0 M acetic acid/1.0 M sodium acetate
A buffer is prepared in which the ratio [ H2PO4 ]/[ HPO42 ]is 3.0. (a) What is the pH of this buffer? (b) Enough strong acid is added to convert 15% of HPO42- to H2PO4-. What is the pH of the resulting solution? (c) Enough strong base is added to make the pH 7.00. What is the ratio of [H2PO4-] to [HPO42-] at this point?
8-61 Can 100 of 0.1 M phosphate buffer at pH 7.2 act as an effective buffer against 20 mL of 1 M NaOH?
8-63 The pH of a solution made by dissolving 1.0 mol of propanoic acid and 1.0 mol of sodium propanoate in 1.0 L of water is 4.85. (a) What would the pH be if we used 0.10 mol of each (in 1 L of water) instead of 1.0 mol? (b) With respect to buffer capacity, how would the two solutions differ?
8-94 Suppose you wish to make a buffer whose pH is 8.21. You have available 1 L of 0.100 M NaH2PO4 and solid Na2HPO4. How many grams of the solid Na2HPO4 must be added to the stock solution to accomplish this task? (Assume that the volume remains 1 L.)
8-101 Suppose you have an aqueous solution prepared by dissolving 0.050 mol of NaH2PO4 in 1 L of water. This solution is not a buffer, but suppose you want to make it into one. How many moles of solid Na2HPO4 must you add to this aqueous solution to make it into: (a) A buffer of pH 7.21 (b) A buffer of pH 6.21 (c) A buffer of pH 8.21
Sketch two pH curves, one for the titration of a weak acid with a strong base and one for a strong acid with a strong base. How are they similar? How are they different? Account for the similarities and the differences.
8-93 Do a 1.0 M CH3COOH solution and a 1.0 M HCI solution require the same amount of 1.0 M NaOH to hit a titration end point? Explain.
For conjugate acidbase pairs, how are Ka and Kb related? Consider the reaction of acetic acid in water CH3CO2H(aq)+H2O(l)CH3CO2(aq)+H3O+(aq) where Ka = 1.8 105 a. Which two bases are competing for the proton? b. Which is the stronger base? c. In light of your answer to part b. why do we classify the acetate ion (CH3CO2) as a weak base? Use an appropriate reaction to justify your answer. In general, as base strength increases, conjugate acid strength decreases. Explain why the conjugate acid of the weak base NH3 is a weak acid. To summarize, the conjugate base of a weak acid is a weak base and the conjugate acid of a weak base is a weak acid (weak gives you weak). Assuming Ka for a monoprotic strong acid is 1 106, calculate Kb for the conjugate base of this strong acid. Why do conjugate bases of strong acids have no basic properties in water? List the conjugate bases of the six common strong acids. To tie it all together, some instructors have students think of Li+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+ as the conjugate acids of the strong bases LiOH, KOH. RbOH, CsOH, Ca(OH)2, Sr(OH)2, and Ba(OH)2. Although not technically correct, the conjugate acid strength of these cations is similar to the conjugate base strength of the strong acids. That is, these cations have no acidic properties in water; similarly, the conjugate bases of strong acids have no basic properties (strong gives you worthless). Fill in the blanks with the correct response. The conjugate base of a weak acid is a_____base. The conjugate acid of a weak base is a_____acid. The conjugate base of a strong acid is a_____base. The conjugate acid of a strong base is a_____ acid. (Hint: Weak gives you weak and strong gives you worthless.)
Amino acids are an important group of compounds. At low pH, both the carboxylic acid group (CO2H) and the amine group (NHR) are protonated. However, as the pH of the solution increases (say, by adding base), the carboxylic acid proton is removed, usually at a pH between 2 and 3. In a middle range of pHs, therefore, the amine group is protonated, but the carboxylic acid group has lost the proton. (This is called a zwitterion.) At more basic pH values, the amine proton is dissociated. What is the pH of a 0.20 M solution of alanine hydrochloride, [NH3CHCH3CO2H]Cl?

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2- 56. The fluids within cells are buffered by H2PO4¯ and HPO4²¯. 2- a. Calculate the ratio of HPO² to H₂PO required to maintain a pH of 7.1 within a cell. b. Could a buffer system employing H3PO4 as the weak acid and H2PO4 as the weak base be used as a buffer system within cells? Explain.