MCAT Math - Henderson Hasselbach, Buffers, and Logarithms

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btw there is a trick for doing all of this without having to use the equation. first, you determine pKa, which was explained in the video. next, you determine if the acid or the base has higher concentration. whichever has the higher concentration in solution will affect the buffer pH in its favor. in this example, h2co3, the acid, has a higher concentration; therefore, the buffer pH will be lower than the pKa. If the base concentration was higher, then the pH would be higher than the pKa. Finally, you determine the difference in concentration in terms of order of magnitude. 50 M is 1 order of magnitude larger than 5 M. Now all we have to do is subtract the order of magnitude from the pKa (subtracting because the acid was higher concentration and must be lower than pKa, if this was a base, we would add the order of magnitude to the pKa). We take 7.5 and subtract 1 and we get our pH of 6.5. This works very well for the MCAT because the concentrations of the acid and base are clean numbers that are usually divisible by 10. hope this helps someone :)

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@@yk5044 yes! Try it on some uWorld questions. Thankfully didn’t get any on my actually test, but it was very helpful during some FLs

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[@jonathanhermes7685]

I just remember that whichever is higher wins the proton pH>pKa = solution wins the proton, substance is deprotonated pKa>pH = molecule wins the proton You just need to remember pH regards solution and pKa regards the molecule

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Best way to explain and remember it!

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I'm older and so I think of the band that sings Take On Me to remember the acid base thang (A/HA)

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