Question
A lactic acid/lactate ion buffer solution contains 0.43M HC3H5O3 and 0.90M C3H5O3-. The value of lactic acid is 1.4*10-4 calculate the pH of this buffer
Answers
It's a case of plugging into the HH equation and solve. Convert Ka to pKa.
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