California State University
Cal State Dominguez Hills/buffers Properties Problems
Sample problems involving properties of buffers.
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Washington University: P H Buffers in the Blood
This site from the Department of Chemistry at the Washington University is an excellent site on how buffers are used in the human body and how they react to exercise.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Acid Base Balance
Students learn how buffer systems in the body - the respiratory and the renal - affect the blood pH.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Designing a Buffer Solution With a Specific P H
Create a buffer solution at a specific pH using a weak acid and its conjugate base.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: P H and Buffers Defined
This tutorial presents a review of the definitions for pH and buffer solutions
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: P H in the Absence of a Buffer
This tutorial describes the effects of adding strong base or strong acid to water.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: How Buffers Work
This tutorial describes how buffers protect against pH changes when strong acid or base is added.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Creating a Buffer Solution
An exercise to design a buffer solution with specific properties.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What Does a Buffer Do?
Buffers are solutions that resist a change in pH. In this activity, students will add HCl dropwise to a measured amount of water, monitoring the pH. Students then repeat the process, using a simple buffer prepared by combining baking...
State University of New York
State University of New York: Buffer Solutions
This simulation introduces buffer solutions.
State University of New York
State University of New York: P H of Buffer Solutions
This simulation allows the study of the pH of buffer solutions. Six acid-base conjugate pairs are available, and the concentration of the acid and of the base can be adjusted over one order of magnitude.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Soil Buffering Experiment
Use this site to explore the experimentation process of "Soil buffering."
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Observing Buffers in Lakes, Ponds, and Streams
Explore buffers in lakes, ponds, and streams. "In this experiment, you will observe the effects of limestone on the acidity of water."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Role of the Bicarbonate Buffer System in Regulating Blood P H
This five-question quiz relating to the role of the bicarbonate buffer system in regulating blood pH.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Bicarbonate Buffering System and Titration Curves
This is a five-question quiz related to the passage "The Bicarbonate Buffering System and Titration Curves"
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Chemical Processes: Chemistry of Buffers and Buffers in Our Blood
Explains what a buffer is, how it is prepared, how it works to resist drastic changes in pH, and the characteristics of an effective buffer. Human blood also contains a buffer which is crucial for maintaining the blood's pH.