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Help please!

anonymous · Answer

attachment

jfraser · Answer

which component of the buffer will react the best with an ACID?

anonymous · Answer

Hco3- does?

jfraser · Answer

$$H_2CO_3(aq) \rightleftharpoons H^{+1}(aq) + HCO_3^{-1}(aq)$$

why?

anonymous · Answer

reacts best with butter?

jfraser · Answer

both substances are part of the buffer, but only one of them reacts with an acid

anonymous · Answer

woudnt both be equal?

jfraser · Answer

the job of an acid is to donate a proton (H+).

Can H2CO3 accept a proton?

Can (HCO3)-1?

anonymous · Answer

HCO3 -1 can

jfraser · Answer

then which component of the buffer reacts with the addition of an acid?

anonymous · Answer

the second one.

jfraser · Answer

in a buffer, the acid component reacts with additional base, and the base component reacts with additional acid

anonymous · Answer

can you help me with these two and check the first one?

jfraser · Answer

first one is wrong, oxidation numbers are exactly how we determine which species is oxidezed and which is reduced

anonymous · Answer

so my answer should be true?

jfraser · Answer

has to be true

anonymous · Answer

what about the second question?

jfraser · Answer

i always remembered oxidation as what happens when iron rusts - it forms iron oxide:$$Fe(s) \rightarrow Fe_2O_3(s)$$ the iron has to lose electrons to oxidize, so there's your definition