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A reaction occurs at a pH of approximately 5. Which of the following buffer systems would...

A reaction occurs at a pH of approximately 5. Which of the following buffer systems would be best used to make a solution with this pH?    

Select one:

a. [CH3COOH] :[CH3COO-]

b. [H2PO4-]: [HPO42-]

c. [H2CO3] :[HCO3-]

d. none of these.

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Acetic acid sodium acetate buffer pH range is 3.7-5.6 and same for phosphate buffer varries from pH 5.8 to 8. The bicarbonate buffer is the one which mentains basic pH of our blood (pH of this buffer adove 7) .As pH 5 is suitable for the mentioned reaction so the correct answer will be

a) [CH3COOH];[CH3COO-]

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