Re: buffering
- Subject: Re: buffering
- From: J* R*
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:55:20 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
Thanks, john.
Julia
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bruce <jbruce@infinet.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 8:17 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: buffering
>From: "John Bruce" <jbruce@infinet.com>
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>Buffering is the action of resisting changes in pH when small amounts of
acid
>or base are introduced into solution.
>
>Consider buffered aspirin-- the buffers that are added are supposed
>(at least the drug marketing people want you to believe) to protect your
>digestive tract lining from the acidic nature of the salicylic acid.
>
>>>From the depths of ignorance, however, I must ask: what is buffering?
>
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>John Bruce
>jbruce@infinet.com
>President, Miami Valley Iris Society
>AIS Region 6 / SW OH Zone 5 / Sunset Zone 35
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