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The dampers (also called buffers or buffer systems) are those solutions whose concentration of protons barely varies by

adding acids or strong bases. The buffer solutions are solutions of weak acids, HA, or weak bases, with any of its salts NAA
that have a common ion with such weak electrolytes.Thus, the mixture will possess the property to maintain the pH of the
solutions that are more or less constant despite additions of small amounts of acids or strong bases. The balance is the
involved of acid or weak base, where the concentration of the anion or cation common to, come almost exclusively from the
salt, NAA.The more simple shock absorbers are formed by binary mixtures. A buffer must contain a relatively large
concentration of acid to react with ions which are added ; It should also contain a similar concentration of base to react with
the amount of ions to be added . In addition, the acidic and basic components of the shock absorber should not be
consumed on each other in a neutralization reaction. These requirements are met with a couple-acid conjugate base, for
example, a weak acid and its conjugate base (supplied by a salt) or a weak base acid and its conjugate (supplied by a salt).
We can define the buffering capacity of a buffer as the amount of acid or strong base that can neutralize suffering a
displacement of pH of a unit. Keep the pH constant is vital for the correct development of the chemical and biochemical
reactions that take place both in living beings as, at the experimental level, in the laboratory. The dissolutions or regulatory
buffer are very important in the chemical and biological systems. The pH in the human body varies greatly from one fluid to
another; for example, the pH of the blood is around 7.4 , while the human gastric juice is around 1.5 . In most cases, these
pH values that are critical for the proper functioning of enzymes and of the balance sheet of the osmotic pressure, are
maintained by the solutions.

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