In the past I got training to repair certain instruments, involving the usage of buffer solutions (chemistry realm). Having took them for granted I did not care what they actually were. Having signed an NDA I cannot say much more. Sorry.
Last night I tried to understand, not precisely what a buffer is but the basics of the mechanism that guarantee to keep things within a narrow span of something even if you add (who knows what) to them.
I hate when this happens (too often for my liking) but I could not understand what I've read. Chemistry ranks high in my stumbling blocks list.
Usually I do not resort to analogies but maybe here I could use help in that way. I will appreciate any explanation as long you do not want me flying too high.
Additional questions:
Inside any living animal, do buffers exist as such or are they a creation of someone in the lab? Maybe Nature already got it patented before and we are just imitating it?
I've seen several buffers listed with specific names. Does it mean that you cannot design a buffer for any substance you want? In the past I thought of them as being kind of "building blocks" as in electronics. Are they?
JohnP, Wayneh, Gopher?
Last night I tried to understand, not precisely what a buffer is but the basics of the mechanism that guarantee to keep things within a narrow span of something even if you add (who knows what) to them.
I hate when this happens (too often for my liking) but I could not understand what I've read. Chemistry ranks high in my stumbling blocks list.
Usually I do not resort to analogies but maybe here I could use help in that way. I will appreciate any explanation as long you do not want me flying too high.
Additional questions:
Inside any living animal, do buffers exist as such or are they a creation of someone in the lab? Maybe Nature already got it patented before and we are just imitating it?
I've seen several buffers listed with specific names. Does it mean that you cannot design a buffer for any substance you want? In the past I thought of them as being kind of "building blocks" as in electronics. Are they?
JohnP, Wayneh, Gopher?
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