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Outline how you would prepare a 0.1 M buffer solution of pH 11.
b) add 5.0 mL of 10 mM HCl to 500 mL of your buffer, calculate the pH after this addition
To prepare a buffer solution of pH 11, take a weak base of concentration 0.1M and the solution of its conjugate base of concentration 0.1M with equal volumes of acid and the salt.
A slightly different path to the [OH¯]
pH = 11, so pOH = 14 - pH = 14.00 - 11 = 3
[OH¯] = 10¯pOH = 10¯3= 0.001 M
[HB+] = [OH¯] =0.001 M
[B] = 0.1
Kb = [( 10¯3) ( 10¯3)] / 0.1
Kb = 1.0 x 10-5
such type of weak base must be selected whose Kb value is 1.0 x 10-5 .