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🛡️ Shock absorber 🛡️ To protect 🌍 Separation area 💾 Temporary storage 🧪 pH stabilizer 🧽 Polishing tool 🧪 To stabilize pH
to buffer

to buffer

7.0
To add a liquid that keeps acidity steady
  • verb
  • /ˈbʌfər/
  • Specialized
: tamponear
  • Therefore, many topical medications designed for use in the external auditory canal are buffered to an acidic pH.
  • buffered saline
  • phosphate-buffered saline
  • neutral-buffered formalin

Examples

  • Each goat received a 20 ml solution containing 167.5 g Co-EDTA buffered to pH 6.8 with NaOH.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Until stability issues are better explained, we recommend buffering solutions containing epinephrine just before use.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Thus, there is greater clinical benefit of buffering these solutions compared with their plain or freshly prepared counterparts.

    Academic text (2015)

  • We did not investigate the chemical stability of epinephrine in buffered solutions over time.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Avoid mechanical agitation of raw wastewater unless in a controlled area within a buffered setting.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Following anastomosis, groups A, B, and C received phosphate-buffered saline orogastrically.

    Academic text (2012)

  • What is unclear is the chemical stability of epinephrine in buffered solutions for prolonged periods of time (23-29).

    Academic text (2015)

  • The umbilical cords were rinsed with sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) three times, then cut into segments.

    Academic text (2018)

  • To maintain a stable pH in the experiment, the researchers decided to buffer the solution with an appropriate chemical.

  • Before adding the acidic solution, they chose to buffer the liquid to ensure that the pH remained constant.

Compounds

buffer zone
11 4.4

An area between two sides that reduces conflict and harm

buffer state
1 6.8

A small neutral country between two larger rival countries that reduces the risk of war

frame buffer
  • Specialized
1 5.4

An area of computer memory that stores the picture shown on the screen

buffer solution
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A liquid that keeps acidity about the same when acids or bases are added

buffer storage
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A part of computer memory that temporarily holds data during transfer between devices

buffer store
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A part of a computer's memory that holds data for a short time while it moves between devices

phosphate buffer solution
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A liquid that keeps the acid level steady with phosphate

buffer country
1 6.8

A small neutral state that lies between two rival powers to reduce conflict

bicarbonate buffer solution
  • Specialized
4.5

A liquid that helps keep acidity stable in body and lab tests

keyboard buffer
  • Specialized
4.8

A part of a computer's memory that stores keys you press until the computer reads them

print buffer
  • Specialized
5.6

A part of a computer that holds information waiting to be printed

starting buffer
  • Specialized
5.4

A liquid made at the start of an experiment to keep the pH steady

How Stable

to stabilize
  • US
44 4.3
to buffer
  • Specialized
7.0
to neutralize
  • Specialized
6 5.8

Surface Forms

buffer infinitive
buffered past
buffered past participle
buffering present participle
buffers third person singular

Etymology

Buffer in chemistry comes from the same idea of a protective buffer that 'cushions' change. To buffer a solution is to add something that keeps its pH steady and prevents sudden shifts.