acidic buffer
What acidic buffer means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Made from a weak acid and its conjugate base, for example ethanoic acid and sodium ethanoate.
A solution containing a weak acid and the salt of that weak acid.
Topics that use acidic buffer
- Buffer action (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Acids, bases and buffers (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- basic buffer
- Acid dissociation constant Ka
- Amphiprotic
- Basicity
- blood plasma buffering
- Buffer action against added acid and alkali
- Buffer action and pH resistance
- buffer pH calculation
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