Anyone gets a pH discrepancy between McIlvaine buffer recipes and real pH?

Gerhard Nebe-von-caron @Gerhard-Nebe-Von-Caron

14 December 2020 0 8K Report

using the table form the paper reproduced in wikipedia and at Sigma my pH 7.2 and 7.4 come out at 7.4 and 7.6 for the 7.2 and 7.4 target. Is it just me? checked with 2 probes

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