Buffering is similar but different. For instance if adding a x amount of an acid or alkaline substance to water causes y amount of ph change, then adding a buffer, such as salt, would change this to y/z, where z is some amount greater than 1. For instance instead of it changing the ph by 4, it might only change it by 0.4.
But this seems different. There is little buffering as you add the soda, the ph changes rapidly until it hits 7, then it sits there rock solid as you add more until at some point it will rapidly start moving up again. If I can find some information on this I will send it along. Marshall Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Hi to both of you; I think the effect you described, Marshall, is called > Buffering. Often it is purposely introduced into a compound (Bufferin, yes?) > to > temper the action of some other part of the mix - usually the primary drug or > what-have-you. About a year ago someone (Jim Bare at rifetech I think) > posted a > link to a site with a description of various buffering solutions, how to make > them, what they'd be useful for, etc. > Take care, Malcolm > PS> Marshall I'm working on a response and questions to your reply to me, but > needed to check out some info, and got sidetracked --As Usual! > > Connie wrote: > > > Thank you Marshall! > > Connie > > > > > > > > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 20:31:15 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CS>neutralizing aloe?? > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:38:07 -0700 > > > > > > It varies. I use a swimming pool ph test kit and add the soda until > > the ph is 7. I pretty well mix them all at once. There are some > > things in aloe vera that can have an H or an OH tail, and if you add > > acid or alkaline will switch tails (I may not be describing this quite > > right, I read a paper on it quite some time ago). So what happens is > > that as you add the soda, the ph increases quickly until it reaches 7, > > then you can add quite a bit more before it starts increasing again. > > Thus you will find that a fairly wide range of soda will give the same > > result in the end of 7. > > > > Marshall > > > > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
