Salts and Buffers

Salts and Buffers

This webinar on salts and buffers is the second part in our three-part series on acid/base chemistry for the MCAT. You will learn about the three different types of salts, how to identify a buffer system, and how to calculate and predict pH depending on the buffer used. We will focus on the buffer system of the blood.

At a glance

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Essential skills

  • Determine whether a salt is acidic, basic, or neutral

  • Identify and calculate with buffers

  • Predict blood pH based on the buffer system of the blood

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Knowledge Fundamentals

  • The three different types of salts

  • The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation

  • The buffer system of our blood

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On the MCAT

  • MCAT salts and buffers questions can be identification-based or calculation and time intensive

  • Minimize errors in unit conversions

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