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buffer solution

A solution which can maintain an almost constant pH value when dilute acids or alkalis are added to it.
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Noun1.buffer solution - a solution containing a buffer
solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
buffer - (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
starting buffer - buffer solution at the start of a reaction
PBS, phosphate buffer solution - a solution containing a phosphate buffer
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The solution was prepared at a concentration of 0.1 mol L-1 pH=9.6 buffer solution of borate.
For both analyse, more appropriate resolution and symmetrical peaks were obtained in the aggregate of ammonium acetate buffer solution (pH 7.6) and acetonitrile 50:50% (v/v) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min over 125 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 um C18.
After each measurement, the electrode surface was cleaned using cyclic voltammetry (CV) in the potential range between -0.4 V and +1.0 V (3 cyclic) in buffer solution.
Each kit contained one 4 mL glass vial and one 2.5 mL plastic vial of [H.sub.2]O dilution buffer solution, comprising 20 mmol/L sodium phosphate buffer and 150 mmol/L sodium chloride in deionized [H.sub.2]O (pH 7.50 [+ or -] 0.02).
The instructor started the productive failure session with a simple problem on the calculation of acetic acid and sodium acetate required to prepare a buffer solution of desired pH value (see Figure 1a).
In our study, we immobilized the enzymes by entrapment method simultaneously with electrochemical copolymerization of PPy and PEDOT in buffer solution (pH 6.7) at 25[degrees]C.
Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer solution (pH 4.0) containing 10 % methanol (v/v) was chosen as supporting electrolyte (as reported further below).
To precisely localize the site of thrombin cleavage we performed MS to analyze the fragments formed during the proteolysis of recTnT by thrombin in a buffer solution.
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