Answer to Question #306775 in Physical Chemistry for Abbs

Question

In a Laboratory, you have the following chemicals available:

1.0 M NaOH, 1.00 M HCl, 1.00 M H3PO4, NaH2PO4 (s), Na2HPO4 (s), and Na3PO4

(s).

Describe TWO ways of making 1000 mL of a buffer of pH = 12 (Use only the above

chemicals, plus distilled water.)

[Given: H3PO4 - Ka1 = 6.9 x 10 -3 ; NaH2PO4 - Ka2 = 6.2 x 10 -8 ; Na2HPO4 - Ka3 = 4.8 x 10 -13 ]

Answer 1

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