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(a) When the difference in pH across the membrane of a glass electrode at 25 °C...

(a) When the difference in pH across the membrane of a glass electrode at 25 °C is 4.63 pH units, how much voltage is generated by the pH gradient? (b) What would be the voltage for the same pH difference at 37 °C? (c) The pH electrode has a selectivity coefficient k for Na+ of 10^-8 . What is the measured the pH value when the solution pH is at 9.0 with a Na+ concentration of 0.1 M?

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