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What are compounds that resist changes in pH?
A buffer resists pH change.
What is the functions of buffer?
to resist drastic changes in the pH of a solution
What is the role of buffers in the human body systems?
Buffers resist pH changes in cell cytoplasm, and in extracellular fluids.
What allows you to eat acidic foods without changing your blood pH?
The buffers present in blood resist small changes in pH. The most prominent are phosphate and carbonate buffers in blood.
How do buffers work?
They resist large and /or abrupt changes in pH. Made from a weak acid and it's conjugate base.
What are compounds that resist changes in pH?
A buffer resists pH change.
What substance resists change in pH levels?
Buffers are solutions designed to resist changes to pH levels.
What is the functions of buffer?
to resist drastic changes in the pH of a solution
What is the chemical substance that resists change in pH?
You think to chemical buffers.
What is the role of buffers in the human body systems?
Buffers resist pH changes in cell cytoplasm, and in extracellular fluids.
What name is given to substance that resist changes in pH?
A substance which resists changes in pH is called a buffer.
How is the pH level of a substance affected by buffers and why are buffers important in the human body?
Buffers "slow" changes in pH (they make it difficult to change pH), and for animals a constant pH (internally) is critical to survival. (A change in pH of 1 - in either direction - will kill you.)
What allows you to eat acidic foods without changing your blood pH?
The buffers present in blood resist small changes in pH. The most prominent are phosphate and carbonate buffers in blood.
What is true about buffer solutions?
They maintain a relatively constant pH when acids or bases are added. Buffers are substances that minimize changes in the concentrations of H+ and OH- in a solution. Buffers do so by accepting hydrogen ions from the solution when they are in excess and donating hydrogen ions to the solution when they have been depleted.
Buffers resist abrupt and large changes in the pH of the body by releasing or binding ions?
false.
Do buffers resist abrupt and large changes in the pH of the body by releasing or binding ions?
True
How do buffers do?
They resist large and /or abrupt changes in pH. Made from a weak acid and it's conjugate base.
