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Old 09-19-2007   #2 (permalink)
PapaBear
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The Roarkster luvs to play "Mythbuster", and he is right about B.S. and ph. The same is true of any ph buffering agent. The function of a buffer is not to raise or lower ph indiscriminately, but rather to buffer it to a specific level. In the case of baking soda, 8.4 is the target.
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