If HCl Were Buffered by NaHCO₃,what Would Occur

question 89

Multiple Choice

If HCl were buffered by NaHCO₃,what would occur?

• A) There would be a slight rise in pH.
• B) There would be a large drop in pH.
• C) There would be a slight drop in pH.
• D) There would be a large rise in pH.

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Definitions:

Conditional

A statement that establishes a cause-and-effect relationship between two propositions.

Disjunct

Used in logic to refer to an either/or proposition where two options are presented and at least one of them must be true.

Disjunction

A logical operator that results in truth if at least one of its components is true.

Contingency

An event or condition that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often dependent on other events happening.