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Q. The pH of an acidic buffer mixture is

ManipalManipal 2010

Solution:

The pH of acidic buffers is calculated by following formula
$pH=-\log {{K}_{a}}+\log \left[ \frac{\text{salt}}{\text{acid}} \right]$
$\therefore $ pH of acidic buffer depends on value of ${{K}_{a}}$ and is always less than 7