Polyols and phosphates act as them by forming complexes with divalent and polyvalent cations.
Many of the synthetic ones available today were introduced by N.E. Good in 1966, and tromethamine is known as the "tris" variety. Polyols and phosphates act as them by forming complexes with divalent and polyvalent cations. One of these solutions in human blood is a blend of bicarbonate ion and carbonic acid, and they are essential to the proper function of many enzymes. Described by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, they consist of a weak acid and its conjugate base, or a weak base and its conjugate acid. For 10 points, name this type of solution that resists a change in pH.
Many of the synthetic ones available today were introduced by N.E. Good in 1966, and tromethamine is known as the "tris" variety.
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