Deriving Henderson Hasselbach
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Deriving the Henderson-Hasselbach Equation HA H + + A – Ka= ¿¿ *Rearrange K a to find [H + ] ¿ *Take “–log” of both sides of equation −log ¿¿ *substitute pH for “–log[H+]” and pKa for “–log K a ” pH= pKa−log [ HA ] [ A ] *Henderson Hasselbach equation pH= pKa+log ¿¿¿
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Deriving the Henderson-Hasselbach Equation
HA H+ + A
*Rearrange Ka to find [H+]
*Take log of both sides of equation
*substitute pH for log[H+] and pKa for log Ka
*Henderson Hasselbach equation