The correct answer would be C. Convection, which describes that heat rises.
D) Radioactive contamination
The Henderson-Hasselbalch approximation is for conjugate acid-base pairs in a buffered solution. We're going to call HA a weak acid, and A- its conjugate base. The equation is as follows:
pH = pKa + log([base]/[acid]), where the brackets imply concentrations
Plugging in our symbols and the pKa value, the equation becomes:
pH = 4.874 + log([A-]/[HA])
