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Transcribed Image Text:Calculating the composition of a buffer of a given pH
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A chemistry graduate student is given 500. mL of a 0.60M ammonia (NH3) solution. Ammonia is a weak base with K₁ = 1.8 × 10¯¯
should the student dissolve in the NH3 solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 9.27?
What mass of NH Br
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You may assume that the volume of the solution doesn't change when the NHBr is dissolved in it. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, and round it to 2
significant digits.
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