Chemistry Discussion Question
Explain how the study of living materials requires an understanding of chemistry. Provide one example to support the idea that studying the human body would be difficult if not impossible without understanding the molecular components.
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Biochemistry homework
1. ) how many grams of sodium succinate (MW=140 g/mol) and disodium succinate (MW 162 g/mol) must be added to 1 L of water to produce a solution with pH 6.5 and a total solute concentration of 40 mM? The pKa is 5.64.
2.) You are hired in a lab and are asked to make a buffer of a pH of 10.2.
a. What acid/ conjugate base pair is best for this solution? Why?
b. Calculate the amount (in grams) of the acid/ conjugate base you should combine to get 2L of 0.5 M solution.
3.) Buffers are important physiological compounds that resist change in pH.
a). Calculate the pH of the buffer system that is 0.75 M benzoic acid and 0.25 M benzoate if pKa=4.2
b). Calculate the number of moles of benzoic acid that are required to make a liter of 0.25 M buffer solution at the pH calculated in part a