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question 169

Multiple Choice

A solution is prepared by dissolving 0.23 mol of formic acid and 0.27 mol of sodium formate in water sufficient to yield 1.00 L of solution. The addition of 0.05 mol of HCl to this buffer solution causes the pH to drop slightly. The pH does not decrease drastically because the HCl reacts with the ________ present in the buffer solution. The of formic acid is 1.36 × 10^-3.

• A) O
• C) formate ion
• D) formic acid
• E) This is a buffer solution: the pH does not change at all upon addition of acid or base.

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