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why will the pH increase? I know sodium acetate is a base. but doesnt the system get buffered so that for every proton that the acetate ion grabs, another is dissociated by the acetic acid? i could see how itd be a solubility issue re: the common ion effect but the acetate ion is transformed into acetic acid just as acetic acid is transformed into acetate ion....so the ion concentration is the same. im just confused on this one