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COMEDK · Chemistry · 8. Ionic Equilibrium

In a mixture of acetic acid and sodium acetate the ratio of concentrations of the salt to the acid is increased ten times. Then the pH of the solution

  1. A decreases ten fold
  2. B increases ten fold
  3. C increases by one
  4. D decreases by one
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(C) increases by one

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The \(\mathrm{pH}\) of buffer solution is given as, \(\mathrm{pH}_{1}=\mathrm{p} K_{a}+\log \frac{\left[\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COONa}\right]}{\left[\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOH}\right]}...(i)\) Given,…
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