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Most nurses shudder if they are asked a question about acids, bases or buffers and one can hardly blame them. Much of the complex terminology was devised many years ago and is now out of date. This chapter attempts to correct the situation by giving a simple modern account of the subject.
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Horrobin, D.F. (1971). Acids, bases and buffers. In: Essential Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6118-3_8
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