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Description

This tutorial describes how buffers protect against pH changes when strong acid or base is added.

Resource Type	Tutorial ChemCollective tutorials walk students through solving chemistry problems movies, text, and interactive tutors. Because the hints given by these tutors ultimately provide the solution to the problem, they are similar to worked examples in a textbook. Currently, we have tutorials covering concepts in stoichiometry, buffers, and equilibrium.
Topic(s)	Acid-Base Chemistry
Subtopic(s)	Buffer Solutions
Education Level	High School / Introductory Chemistry First-Year Undergraduate / General
Difficulty	Introductory
Publication Date	2010-01-29
Contributor(s)	Mr. Michael Karabinos, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Sophia Nussbaum, University of British Columbia Dr. Dave Yaron, Carnegie Mellon University