How does one prepare a 100ml of a 0.1M sodium phosphate buffer?

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To prepare a 100ml of a 0.1M sodium phosphate buffer at pH 7.6, the NaH2PO4/Na2HPO4 system is recommended due to its effective pH range of 6 to 8. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation can be utilized to determine the appropriate ratios of the phosphate components based on their pKa values. Sodium chloride (NaCl) is mentioned for providing sodium ions, but its necessity can be debated depending on the specific requirements of the experiment. A handbook of analytical chemistry can provide further mathematical guidance for buffer preparation. This method ensures accurate pH control in biochemical applications.
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how would you prepare a 100ml of a 0.1M sodium phosphate buffer containing 0.5M NaCl,pH7.6 using henderson hasselbach equation??what chemicals would you use n how would you go about it
 
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Why do you use NaCl?
 
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cos i need the sodium ions anyway ignore the NaCL how would you do it??
 
Buffersystems H3PO4/NaH2PO4 or NaH2PO4/Na2HPO4 or Na2HPO4/Na3PO4
 
any which would give a pH of 7.6 so i ges you would have to look at the pKa to decide which to use
 
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A handbook of analytical chemistry can help you with the mathematical explanation. For your pH range you can use the NaH2PO4/Na2HPO4 system range pH 6 - 8 with the middle value H+=Kz2 or -logKz2 =7.22 Greetings
 
thank you a lot that relly helped me thanks ciao...
 
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