Buffer solutions concentrated buffers

Buffer solution, concentrated. Dissolve 27.5 g ammonium acetate and 11.0 g hydrated sodium acetate in 100 mL water add 1.0 mL glacial acetic (ethanoic) acid and mix well. 

The question asks if this is a buffer solution. A buffer solution contains both a weak acid and its conjugate base as major species. Thus, to answer the question, we must calculate the concentrations of acetate anions and acetic acid in the solution. We use a compressed version of the seven-step method to obtain these concentrations. 

This equation is exact, but it can be simplified by applying one of the key features of buffer solutions. Any buffer solution contains both members of a conjugate acid-base pair as major species. In other words, both the weak acid and its conjugate base are present in relatively large amounts. As a result, the change to equilibrium, x, is small relative to each initial concentration, and the equilibrium concentrations are virtually the same as the initial leq linitial " = linitial... 

Buffer capacity is determined by the amounts of weak acid and conjugate base present in the solution. If enough H3 O is added to react completely with the conjugate base, the buffer is destroyed. Likewise, the buffer is destroyed if enough OH is added to consume all of the weak acid. Consequently, buffer capacity depends on the overall concentration as well as the volume of the buffer solution. A buffer solution whose overall concentration is 0.50 M has five times the capacity as an equal volume of a buffer solution whose overall concentration is 0.10 M. Two liters of 0.10 M buffer solution has twice the capacity as one liter of the same buffer solution. Example includes a calculation involving buffer capacity. 

Preparation of Buffer Solutions.—The buffer capacity of a given acid-base system is a maximum, according to equation (77), when there are present equivalent amounts of acid and salt the hydrogen ion concentration is then equal to and the pH is equal to pfca. If the ratio of acid to salt is increased or decreased ten-fold, i.e., to 10 1 or 1 10, the hydrogen ion concentration is then lOfca or O.IAto, and the pH is pA a — 1 or pfca + 1, respectively. If these values for cn are inserted in equation (76), it is found that the buffer capacity is then... 

Some reported values of the isoelectric point are based on the change by carbon of the pH of buffered solutions, the buffer solution whose hydrogen ion concentration is unaffected being considered to represent the isoelectric pH of the carbon. Values thus obtained range from pH 5 to 9 and appear to depend on the selective adsorb-ability of the separate constituents of the buffer. Therefore, they bear no relation to isoelectric points determined electrokinetically, and have no real significance for such purpose (see 9 16). 

Buffer solutions. A buffer solution of pH 4.80 is to be prepared from propionic acid and sodium propionate. The concentration of sodium propionate must be 0.50 mole/liter. What should be the concentration of the acid ... 

Adding as little as 0.1 mb of concentrated HCl to a liter of H2O shifts the pH from 7.0 to 3.0. The same addition of HCl to a liter solution that is 0.1 M in both a weak acid and its conjugate weak base, however, results in only a negligible change in pH. Such solutions are called buffers, and their buffering action is a consequence of the relationship between pH and the relative concentrations of the conjugate weak acid/weak base pair. 

In this experiment the enantiomers of cyclobarbital and thiopental, and phenobarbital are separated using MEKC with cyclodextran as a chiral selector. By adjusting the pH of the buffer solution and the concentration and type of cyclodextran, students are able to find conditions in which the enantiomers of cyclobarbital and thiopental are resolved. 

In this experiment the concentrations of N02 and N03 are determined by CZE using 104 as an internal standard. The buffer solution is 0.60 M sodium acetate buffer adjusted to a pH of 4.0. A UV detector set to 222 nm is used to record the electropherogram. 

Students determine the concentrations of caffeine, acetaminophen, acetylsalicylic acid, and salicylic acid in several analgesic preparations using both CZE (70 mM borate buffer solution, UV detection at 210 nm) and HPLC (C18 column with 3% v/v acetic acid mixed with methanol as a mobile phase, UV detection at 254 nm). 

Fluoride. A fluoride concentration of ca 1 mg/L is helpful in preventing dental caries. Eluoride is deterrnined potentiometrically with an ion-selective electrode. A buffer solution of high total ionic strength is added to the solution to eliminate variations in sample ionic strength and to maintain the sample at pH 5—8, the optimum range for measurement. (Cyclohexylenedinitrilo)tetraacetic acid (CDTA) is usually added to the buffer solution to complex aluminum and thereby prevent its interference. If fluoroborate ion is present, the sample should be distilled from a concentrated sulfuric acid solution to hydrolyze the fluoroborate to free fluoride prior to the electrode measurement (26,27). 

Buffering. If addition or removal of an appreciable amount of a metal ion produces only a relatively small change in the concentration of that ion is a solution, the solution is buffered with respect to the ion. Metal ions are buffered by chelants of various strengths, ie, stabiHty constants, in a manner exactiy analogous to the buffering of hydrogen ions by bases of various strengths. 

First procedure consists of several stages. 11-molybdo-bismuthphosphate (MBP) is formed and extracted with butyl acetate, stripped with ammonia or acetate buffer solution and determined in aqueous solution using reaction of MBP with Astro Floxine (AF) or other polymethine dyes. Full separation from molybdate excess is not necessary in this procedure as spectiaim of lA differs considerable from dye spectiaim. Therefore sepai ation is simplified and used only as preconcentration step. Concentration factor 50 and good reproducibility make possible determination of low P(V) concentrations at 10 mol/1 level and lower. 

Concentration limits of the diphosphate-ion, admissible to determination of magnesium and cobalt, manganese and cobalt, zinc and cobalt by spectrophotometric method with application of the l-(2-pyridylazo)-resorcinol (PAR) are presented. Exceeding maintenance of the diphosphate-ion higher admissible supposes a preliminary its separation on the anionite in the H+-form. The optimum conditions of cobalt determination and amount of the PAR, necessary for its full fastening are established on foundation of dependence of optical density of the cobalt complex with PAR from concentration Co + and pH (buffer solutions citrate-ammoniac and acetate-ammoniac). 

The working conditions of the immunosensor (enzyme and antigen concentrations, dilutions of the antibodies, pH of the buffer solution) were found. The cholinesterase immobilized demonstrated the maximum catalytic activity in phosphate buffer solution with pH 8.0. The analytical chai acteristics of the sensor - the interval of the working concentrations and detection limit - have been obtained. The proposed approach of immunoassay made possible to detect 5T0 mg/ml of the bacterial antigen. 

Distribution of benzodiazepines in I-octanol - water system was investigated by a direct shake flask method at the presence of the compounds used in HPLC mobile phases the phosphate buffer with pH 6,87 (substances (I) - (II)), acetic and phosphate buffer, perchloric acid at pH 3 (substances (III) - (VI)). Concentrations of substances in an aqueous phase after distribution controlled by HPLC (chromatograph Hewlett Packard, column Nucleosil 100-5 C, mobile phase acetonitrile - phosphate buffer solution with pH 2,5, 30 70 (v/v)). 

In preparing any of the above for use in columns, the dry powder is evacuated, then mixed under reduced pressure with water or the appropriate buffer solution. Alternatively it is stirred gently with the solution until all air bubbles are removed. Because some of the wet powders change volumes reversibly with alteration of pH or ionic strength (see above), it is imperative to make allowances when packing columns (see above) in order to avoid overflowing of packing when the pH or salt concentrations are altered. 

If the column is contaminated with basic compounds, clean it with a concentrated salt in the normal mobile phase, e.g., 0.5-1.0 M K2SO4. Avoid the use of halides, as they will corrode stainless steel over time. Buffered solutions at low pH (2-3) or high pH (11-12) can also be used. 

Nonionic samples can generally be analyzed vithout an adjustment of the pH or the salt concentration of the mobile phase. However, many typical samples are ionic or ionogenic. Under these circumstances, the addition of salt to the mobile phase is often required to prevent exclusion effects that are not related to the size of the analyte molecule. Ultrahydrogel columns are compatible with a broad range of salt and buffer solutions. Recommended compositions can be found in Table 11.6, but a broader range of buffers can be used. 

Given 0.1 M solutions of Na3P04 and H3PO4, describe the preparation of 1 L of a phosphate buffer at a pH of 7.5. What are the molar concentrations of the ions in the final buffer solution, including Na and H ... 

Because the ionic product of water = [H ] [OH ] = 1.04 x 10" at 25°C, it follows that pH = 14 - pOH. Thus, a neutral solution (e.g., pure water at 25°C) in which [H j = [OH ] has a pH = pOH = 7. Acids show a lower pH and bases a higher pH than this neutral value of 7. The hydrogen ion concentrations can cover a wide range, from -1 g-ion/liter or more in acidic solutions to -lO" " g-ion/liter or less in alkaline solutions [53, p. 545]. Buffer action refers to the property of a solution in resisting change of pH upon addition of an acid or a base. Buffer solutions usually consist of a mixture of a weak acid and its salt (conjugate base) or of a weak base and its salt (conjugate acid). 

The concentration of the acid is usually of the order 0.05-0.2 mol L" Similar remarks apply to weak bases. It is clear that the greater the concentrations of acid and conjugate base in a buffer solution, the greater will be the buffer capacity. A quantitative measure of buffer capacity is given by the number of moles of strong base required to change the pH of 1 litre of the solution by 1 pH unit. 

The preparation of a buffer solution of a definite pH is a simple process once the acid (or base) of appropriate dissociation constant is found smhll variations in pH are obtained by variations in the ratios of the acid to the salt concentration. One example is given in Table 2.2. 

Before leaving the subject of buffer solutions, it is necessary to draw attention to a possible erroneous deduction from equation (21), namely that the hydrogen-ion concentration of a buffer solution is dependent only upon the ratio of the concentrations of acid and salt and upon Ka, and not upon the actual concentrations otherwise expressed, that the pH of such a buffer mixture should not change upon dilution with water. This is approximately although not strictly true. In deducing equation (18), concentrations have been substituted for activities, a step which is not entirely justifiable except in dilute solutions. The exact expression controlling buffer action is ... 

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