Question

An aqueous solution contains 0.30 M potassium fluoride.

One liter of this solution could be converted into a buffer by the addition of:_______.
(Assume that the volume remains constant as each substance is added.)
A. 0.15 mol NaOH
B. 0.30 mol HNO3
C. 0.29 mol HF
D. 0.29 mol KBr
E. 0.15 mol HNO3

Answer 1

A. 0.15 M NaOH, and

E. 0.15 M HNO3

Step-by-step explanation:

A buffer solution contains a conjugate acid-base pair with both the acid and the base in reasonable concentrations.

NaOH and HNO3 is an acid base pair with relatively equal concentrations. So, they would most likely make a buffer solution.