We’ve seen how important buffers are for researchers, ensuring that the pH in a certain solution remains stable allowing a reaction to progress or an enzyme to stay active. However, it’s not just in the lab that these solutions play vital roles and indeed, some other significant areas do include industrial applications, natural processes and the human body itself.
Implications of Buffer to Society:
(Click on each of these to dwell into the specific implication of buffers to society)
1. Industrial Applications
2. Natural Processes
3. Human Body
References:
- http://www.thechemicalblog.co.uk/buffers-in-our-daily-life/
Pictures:
- http://www.thechemicalblog.co.uk/buffers-in-our-daily-life/
- http://www.thechemicalblog.co.uk/what-is-a-buffer-solution/
- http://www.singleswarehouse.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/chemistryinthecity-LOVEMENOWHUNT.jpg