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BUFFER SOLUTIONS
A buffer solution (more precisely, pH buffer or hydrogen ion
buffer) is an aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a
weak acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa. Its pH
changes very little when a small amount of strong acid or
base is added to it.
Buffer solutions are used as a means of keeping pH at a nearly
constant value in a wide variety of chemical applications. In
nature, there are many systems that use buffering for pH
regulation. For example, the bicarbonate buffering system is
used to regulate the pH of blood.
Principles of Buffering
Buffer solutions achieve their resistance to pH change because of the
presence of an equilibrium between the acid HA and its conjugate base
A−.
HA ⇌ H+ + A−
Addition of hydroxide to an equilibrium mixture of a weak acid. HA, and
its conjugate base, A−
When some strong acid is added to an equilibrium mixture of
the weak acid and its conjugate base , the equilibrium is
shifted to the left, in accordance with Le Châtelier's principle.
Because of this, the hydrogen ion concentration increases by
less than the amount expected for the quantity of strong acid
added.
Similarly, if strong alkali is added to the mixture the hydrogen
ion concentration decreases by less than the amount
expected for the quantity of alkali added.
HA ⇌ H+ + A−
Simulated titration of an acidified
solution of a weak acid (pKa = 4.7)
with alkali.
The relative concentration of undissociated acid is
shown in blue and of its conjugate base in red.
The pH changes relatively slowly in the buffer
region, pH = pKa ± 1, centered at pH = 4.7 where
[HA] = [A−].
The hydrogen ion concentration decreases by less
than the amount expected because most of the
added hydroxide ion is consumed in the reaction
OH− + HA → H2O + A−
and only a little is consumed in the neutralization
reaction which results in an increase in pH.
OH− + H+ → H2O
Once the acid is more than 95% deprotonated the
pH rises rapidly because most of the added alkali is
consumed in the neutralization reaction.

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Buffer solutions

  • 2. A buffer solution (more precisely, pH buffer or hydrogen ion buffer) is an aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa. Its pH changes very little when a small amount of strong acid or base is added to it. Buffer solutions are used as a means of keeping pH at a nearly constant value in a wide variety of chemical applications. In nature, there are many systems that use buffering for pH regulation. For example, the bicarbonate buffering system is used to regulate the pH of blood.
  • 3. Principles of Buffering Buffer solutions achieve their resistance to pH change because of the presence of an equilibrium between the acid HA and its conjugate base A−. HA ⇌ H+ + A−
  • 4. Addition of hydroxide to an equilibrium mixture of a weak acid. HA, and its conjugate base, A−
  • 5. When some strong acid is added to an equilibrium mixture of the weak acid and its conjugate base , the equilibrium is shifted to the left, in accordance with Le Châtelier's principle. Because of this, the hydrogen ion concentration increases by less than the amount expected for the quantity of strong acid added. Similarly, if strong alkali is added to the mixture the hydrogen ion concentration decreases by less than the amount expected for the quantity of alkali added. HA ⇌ H+ + A−
  • 6. Simulated titration of an acidified solution of a weak acid (pKa = 4.7) with alkali. The relative concentration of undissociated acid is shown in blue and of its conjugate base in red. The pH changes relatively slowly in the buffer region, pH = pKa ± 1, centered at pH = 4.7 where [HA] = [A−]. The hydrogen ion concentration decreases by less than the amount expected because most of the added hydroxide ion is consumed in the reaction OH− + HA → H2O + A− and only a little is consumed in the neutralization reaction which results in an increase in pH. OH− + H+ → H2O Once the acid is more than 95% deprotonated the pH rises rapidly because most of the added alkali is consumed in the neutralization reaction.