Standard buffer solution

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Buffer Solution, Standard Solution, and Electrode System Prepare as directed under Fluoride in the monograph for Calcium Phosphate, Dibasic. 

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Table 8.14 National Bureau of Standards (U.S.) Reference pH Buffer Solutions 8.105...

Table 8.15 Compositions of Standard pH Buffer Solutions [National Bureau of...

To prepare the standard pH buffer solutions recommended by the National Bureau of Standards (U.S.), the indicated weights of the pure materials in Table 8.15 should be dissolved in water of specific conductivity not greater than 5 micromhos. The tartrate, phthalate, and phosphates can be dried for 2 h at 100°C before use. Potassium tetroxalate and calcium hydroxide need not be dried. Fresh-looking crystals of borax should be used. Before use, excess solid potassium hydrogen tartrate and calcium hydroxide must be removed. Buffer solutions pH 6 or above should be stored in plastic containers and should be protected from carbon doxide with soda-lime traps. The solutions should be replaced within 2 to 3 weeks, or sooner if formation of mold is noticed. A crystal of thymol may be added as a preservative. 

Calibrating the electrode presents a third complication since a standard with an accurately known activity for H+ needs to be used. Unfortunately, it is not possible to calculate rigorously the activity of a single ion. For this reason pH electrodes are calibrated using a standard buffer whose composition is chosen such that the defined pH is as close as possible to that given by equation 11.18. Table 11.6 gives pH values for several primary standard buffer solutions accepted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 

Caffeine in tea and coffee is determined by CZE using nicotine as an internal standard. The buffer solution is 50 mM sodium borate adjusted to pH 8.5 with H3PO4. A UV detector set to 214 nm is used to record the electropherograms. 

Weber, P. L. Buck, D. R. Capillary Electrophoresis A Past and Simple Method for the Determination of the Amino Acid Composition of Proteins, /. Chem. Educ. 1994, 71, 609-612. This experiment describes a method for determining the amino acid composition of cyctochrome c and lysozyme. The proteins are hydrolyzed in acid, and an internal standard of a-aminoadipic acid is added. Derivatization with naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde gives derivatives that absorb at 420 nm. Separation is by MEKC using a buffer solution of 50 mM SDS in 20 mM sodium borate. 

The measurement of pH using the operational ceU assumes that no residual Hquid-junction potential is present when a standard buffer is compared to a solution of unknown pH. Although this may never be stricdy tme, especially for complex matrices, the residual Hquid-junction potential can be minimised by the appropriate choice of a salt-bridge solution and caHbration buffer solutions. 

The immersion of glass electrodes in strongly dehydrating media should be avoided. If the electrode is used in solvents of low water activity, frequent conditioning in water is advisable, as dehydration of the gel layer of the surface causes a progressive alteration in the electrode potential with a consequent drift of the measured pH. Slow dissolution of the pH-sensitive membrane is unavoidable, and it eventually leads to mechanical failure. Standardization of the electrode with two buffer solutions is the best means of early detection of incipient electrode failure. 

Direct analysis with the fluoride lon-selective electrode requires addition of total ionic strength adjustor buffer solution (TISAB) to the standard and to unknown samples Some advantages of this addition are that it provides a constant background ion strength, ties up interfenng cations such as aluminum or iron, which form a complex with fluoride ions, and maintains the pH between 5 0 and 5 5 According to the manufacturer s claim, reproducibility of direct electrode measurement IS 2 0%, and the accuracy for fluonde ion measurement is 0 2% [27]... 

Calcium Chloride [25]. Calcium chloride estimation is based on calcium titration. To 20 ml of 1 1 mixture of toluene (xylene) isopropyl alcohol, add a 1-ml (or 0.1-ml, if calcium is high) sample of oil-base mud, while stirring. Dilute the mixture with 75 to 100 ml of distilled water. Add 2 ml of hardness buffer solution and 10 to 15 drops of hardness indicator solution. Titrate mixture with standard versenate solution until the color changes from wine-red to blue. If common standard versenate solution (1 ml = 20 g calcium ions) is used, then... 

Analyses, (a) Original zinc-ion solution. Dilute 2.00 mL (pipette) to 100 mL in a graduated flask. Pipette 10.0 mL of the diluted solution into a 250 mL conical flask, add ca 90 mL of water, 2 mL of the buffer solution, and sufficient of the solochrome black indicator mixture to impart a pronounced red colour to the solution. Titrate with standard 0.01 M EDTA to a pure blue colour (see Section 10.59). 

Pipette 25 mL hickel solution (0.01 M) into a conical flask and dilute to 150 mL with de-ionised water. Add about 15 drops of the indicator solution, 10 mL of the buffer solution and titrate with standard EDTA solution (0.01 M) until the colour changes from blue to claret red. 

Buffer solution. Add 55 mL of concentrated hydrochloric acid to 400 mL de-ionised water and mix thoroughly. Slowly pour 310 mL of redistilled monoethanolamine with stirring into the mixture and cool to room temperature (Note 2). Titrate 50.0 mL of the standard magnesium chloride solution with standard (0.01M) EDTA solution using 1 mL of the monoethanolamine-hydrochloric acid solution as the buffer and solochrome black as the indicator. Add 50.0 mL of the magnesium chloride solution to the volume of EDTA solution required to complex the magnesium exactly (as determined in the last titration), pour the mixture into the monoethanolamine-hydrochloric acid solution, and mix well. Dilute to 1 litre (Note 3). 

To determine the calcium in the calcium-magnesium mixture, pipette 25 mL of the solution into a 250 mL conical flask, add 25 mL of the buffer solution and check that the resulting solution has a pH of 9.5-10.0. Add 2mL of the Zn-EGTA solution and 2-3 drops of the indicator solution. Titrate slowly with the standard EGTA solution until the blue colour changes to orange-red. 

Pipette 25 mL of the solution containing magnesium, manganese and zinc ions (each approx. 0.02M), into a 250 mL conical flask and dilute to 100 mL with de-ionised water. Add 0.25 g hydroxylammonium chloride [this is to prevent oxidation of Mn(II) ions], followed by 10 mL of the buffer solution and 30-40 mg of the indicator/potassium nitrate mixture. Warm to 40 °C and titrate (preferably stirring magnetically) with the standard EDTA solution to a pure blue colour. 

Procedure. Prepare a standard (0.05M) solution of magnesium sulphate or chloride from pure magnesium (Section 10.60), an ammonia-ammonium chloride buffer solution (pH 10) (Section 10.54), and a standard (0.05M) solution of EDTA. 

Procedure. Prepare a standard magnesium chloride solution (0.05M) and a buffer solution (pH 10) see Section 10.72. Standard EDTA (0.05M) will also be required. 

Details for the preparation of the solutions referred to in the table are as follows (note that concentrations are expressed in molalities) all reagents must be of the highest purity. Freshly distilled water protected from carbon dioxide during cooling, having a pH of 6.7-7.3, should be used, and is essential for basic standards. De-ionised water is also suitable. Standard buffer solutions may be stored in well-closed Pyrex or polythene bottles. If the formation of mould or sediment is visible the solution must be discarded. 

For most purposes it is not necessary to follow the procedures given above for the preparation of standard buffer solutions the buffer tablets which are available from laboratory suppliers, when dissolved in the specified volume of distilled (de-ionised) water, produce buffer solutions suitable for the calibration of pH meters. 

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