ARIHANT COLLEGE

OF ARTS,
COMMERCE AND
SCIENCE

CAMP, PUNE - 01

Ms. Trupti Patel

Lecturer
 Topic

Buffer Solution
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• Buffer Solution: Buffer solution is defined as a solution which resists drastic

changes in pH when a small amount of strong acid or strong base or water is
added to it.

• Types of buffer solution: There are two types of buffer solutions.

1. Acidic buffer used to maintain an acidic pH,

2. While basic buffer maintains alkaline pH.

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• A mere change of 0.2 pH units can cause death.
• The saline solution used for intravenous injection must contain buffer
system to maintain the proper pH of the blood.

2. Agriculture :

• The soils get buffered due to presence of salts such as carbonate,

bicarbonate, phosphates and organic acids.
• The choice of fertilizers depends upon pH of soil.

3. Industry:

• Buffers play and important role in paper, dye, ink, paint and drug
industries.
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4. Medicine :

• Penicillin preparations are stabilized by addition of sodium citrate as

buffer.
• When citric acid is added to milk of magnesia (Mg(OH)2), magnesium
citrate is formed, which is a buffer.

5. Analytical chemistry :

• In qualitative analysis, a pH of 8 to10 is required for precipitation of

cations IIIA group.
• It is maintained with the use of (NH4OH + NH4Cl) buffer.
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