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The effect of adding hydrochloric acid (HCl) on the pH of five different solutions of equal volume is tested. The results are graphed above. Which of the five solutions (labelled A through E) shows the greatest degree of BUFFERING?

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A buffer is a solution composed by: a weak acid (or a weak base) and its salt. This kind of solutions have the capacity of maintain its pH without variations (or with very small variations) when small amounts of an acid or a base are added to it. So, if you are adding the same quantity of hydrochloric acid to different solutions (with the same volume), the one which experiences the lowest variations on pH will be the one with the biggest buffer capacity (greatest degree of buffering). On the contrary, the solution whic exhibits the highest variation on pH will be the one with lowest buffer capacity.

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