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Buffer capacity is the of acid or base a buffer can handle before pushing the outside of the buffer range

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Answer :What is the buffer capacity of a buffer?

Buffer capacity (β) is defined as the moles of an acid or base necessary to change the pH of a solution by 1, divided by the pH change and the volume of buffer in liters; it is a unitless number. A buffer resists changes in pH due to the addition of an acid or base though consumption of the buffer.

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