Which one of the following pairs of solutions is not an acidic buffer?

1. HClO4 and NaClO4
2. CH3COOH and CH3COONa
3. H2CO3 and Na2CO3
4. H3PO4 and Na3PO4

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The dissociation constant of a weak acid is \(1\times 10^{-4}\) in order to prepare a buffer solution with pH=5 the [salt]/ [Acid] ratio should be:
1. 4 : 5 2. 10 : 1
3. 5 : 4 4. 1 : 10
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Buffer solutions have constant acidity and alkalinity because:
 

1. these give unionized acid or base on reaction with added acid or alkali.
2. acid and alkali in these solutions are shielded from attack by other ions
3. they have large excess of H+ or OH- ions
4. they have fixed  value of pH

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A buffer solution is prepared in which the concentration of NH3 is 0.30 M and the concentration of  NH4+  is 0.20 M. If the equilibrium constant, Kb for NH3 equals 1.8×10–5, then what is the pH of this solution? 
(log 1.8 = 0.25; log 0.67 = –0.176)

1.  9.43
2.  11.72
3.  8.73
4.  9.08

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Calculate the hydrogen ion concentration, [\(\text{H}^+\)] (in \(\text{mol}/\text{L}\)), of a buffer solution prepared by mixing \(0.10 \text{ M}\) acetic acid (\(\text{CH}_3\text{COOH}\)) and \(0.20 \text{ M}\) sodium acetate (\(\text{CH}_3\text{COONa}\)), given that the acid dissociation constant (\(\text{K}_a\)) for acetic acid is \(1.8 \times 10^{-5}\):

1. \(3 . 5 \times 10^{- 4}\)
2. \(1 . 1 \times 10^{- 5}\)
3. \(1 . 8 \times 10^{- 5}\)
4. \(9 . 0 \times10^{- 6}\)

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In a buffer solution containing an equal concentration of B- and HB, the Kb for B- is 10-10. pH of the buffer solution is:

1. 10 2. 7
3. 6 4. 4
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The following pair constitutes a buffer is:

1. HNO2 and NaNO2

2. NaOH and NaCl

3. HNO3 and NH4NO3

4. HCl and KCl

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