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Buffers

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Buffers are compounds which are able to bind or release hydrogen ions such that they dampen swings in the pH of a solution.

In the body the chemical buffers include:

  • extracellular fluids - proteins, bicarbonate, inorganic phosphates
  • haemoglobin
  • intracellular fluids - proteins, organic phosphates, apatite crystals

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