5. To study the effects of a weakly acidic medium on a culture containing a new strain of bacteria, a student prepared a buffer solution containing both 0.138M sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, and 0.112M phosphoric acid, H3PO4. What is the pH of this solution? H3PO4(aq) + H*(aq) + H2P04 (aq) Ka 7.5 x 10-6

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To study the effects of a weakly acidic medium on a culture containing
a new strain of bacteria, a student prepared a buffer solution containing both
0.138M sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, and 0.112M phosphoric
acid, H3PO4. What is the pH of this solution?
H3PO4(aq) + H*(aq) + H2PO4 (aq)
Ka = 7.5 x 10-6
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Transcribed Image Text:g base 5. To study the effects of a weakly acidic medium on a culture containing a new strain of bacteria, a student prepared a buffer solution containing both 0.138M sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, and 0.112M phosphoric acid, H3PO4. What is the pH of this solution? H3PO4(aq) + H*(aq) + H2PO4 (aq) Ka = 7.5 x 10-6 %3D
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