Adding sodium oxalate to a solution of oxalic acid causes the pH to:
A. increase due to the common ion effect.
B. decrease due to the common ion effect.
C. remain constant because the resulting solution is a buffer.
D. increase due to shifting the Ka.
E. decrease due to shifting the Ka.
I put that it was C because it is a weak acid and its conjugate base which is a buffer? The answer is A. not quite sure why it cant be a buffer.
A. increase due to the common ion effect.
B. decrease due to the common ion effect.
C. remain constant because the resulting solution is a buffer.
D. increase due to shifting the Ka.
E. decrease due to shifting the Ka.
I put that it was C because it is a weak acid and its conjugate base which is a buffer? The answer is A. not quite sure why it cant be a buffer.