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Episode 51: Acids and Bases

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The Effects of Buffer Solutions on Blood pH

The pH of blood must stay within a fairly narrow range in order for metabolism and a whole host of other biochemical reactions to occur properly. Blood, that is human blood, and indeed from any other animal, too, is a good example of a buffer solution. There's a range of pH over which given buffers work but eventually there does reach a stage where they can no longer resist changes to pH. The regulation of the oxygen level and the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is achieved in large part by moderating the Phenomenal Pronouns System (PPS) FODS12 at gmail.com.

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