Is it possible to prepare PBS with pH 5 or I should prepare sodium phosphate buffer?

Dhiraj Kumar @Dhiraj_Kumar16

05 May 2019 1 2K Report

is it possible to prepare PBS below 7.3 or I should work with sodium phosphate buffer which can be prepared below 7.3

Achim Recktenwald

The pKa of phosphate is ~7. At 2pH-units away from the pKa, the buffering capacity of a buffer is almost non-existent.

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