Biological Chemistry Quizzes
1- Equilibrium constant (Keq) for the ionization of water 1 x 10^-14 [H+] [OH-] / [H2O] [H+] [OH- [H+] [A-] / [HA]
2- pH = log[0H-] -log[H2O] log[H+] -log[H+]
3- Dissociation constant (Ka) of a weak acid [H+] [A-] / [HA] [HA] / [H+] [A-] [HA+] / [H+] [A] [H+] [A] / [HA+]
4- Henderson-Hasselbach equation pKa + log [HA]/[A-] pKa + log [A-][H]/[HA] pKa + log [A-]/[HA] pKa + log [A-]/[HA][H]
5- Biological buffers are weak acid ionized less than 50% maintain pH of biological sistems above 7.0 have a pKa near 7.0 titration with a strong acid yield a curve with the pKa as midpoint
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1- Equilibrium constant (Keq) for the ionization of water Answer: [H+] [OH-] / [H2O]
2- pH = Answer: -log[H+]
3- Dissociation constant (Ka) of a weak acid Answer: [H+] [A-] / [HA]
4- Henderson-Hasselbach equation Answer: pKa + log [A-]/[HA]
5- Biological buffers Answer: have a pKa near 7.0