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Buffers<br />

• The internal pH of most living cells must remain<br />

close to pH 7<br />

• Buffers are substances that minimize changes<br />

in concentrations of H + and OH – in a solution<br />

• Most buffers consist of an acid-base pair that<br />

reversibly combines with H +<br />

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