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#Question id: 2150


Which of the following increase(s) membrane fluidity?

#SCPH28 | Zoology
  1. phospholipids with long, saturated fatty acyl chains

  2. phospholipids with short, unsaturated fatty acyl chains

  3. lower temperatures

  4. cholesterol at the usual concentrations found in biomembranes

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#Question id: 380

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation:

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#Question id: 381

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Consider an acetate buffer, initially at the same pH as its pKa (4.76). When sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is mixed with this buffer, the:

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#Question id: 381

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Consider an acetate buffer, initially at the same pH as its pKa (4.76). When sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is mixed with this buffer, the:

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#Question id: 382

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

The molar ratio of sodium acetate to acetic acid in a buffer solution with a pH OF 5.76 is 10:1. Assuming the total buffer concentration is 2.2 X 10-2 mol/L, how many grams of sodium acetate (m.w. 82) and how many grams of acetic acid (m.w. 60) should be used in preparing a litre of the solution?

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#Question id: 382

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The molar ratio of sodium acetate to acetic acid in a buffer solution with a pH OF 5.76 is 10:1. Assuming the total buffer concentration is 2.2 X 10-2 mol/L, how many grams of sodium acetate (m.w. 82) and how many grams of acetic acid (m.w. 60) should be used in preparing a litre of the solution?

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#Question id: 383

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Three buffers are made by combining a 1 M solution of acetic acid with a 1 M solution of sodium acetate in the ratios shown below

1 M acetic acid              

1 M sodium acetate  

Buffer 1: 10 mL

 90 mL

Buffer 2: 50 mL

50 mL

Buffer 3: 90 mL

10 mL

 Which of these statements is true of the resulting buffers?