The 100th anniversary of the invention of pH (1909-2009) - Part II. Was it really necessary to replace the Henderson equation with that of Henderson-Hasselbalch?

The 100th anniversary of the invention of pH (1909-2009) - Part II. Was it really necessary to replace the Henderson equation with that of Henderson-Hasselbalch?

Introduction: The year 2009 marked the centenary of the ‘‘invention’’ of the concept of pH by the Danish chemist-mathematician Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen (1868-1939), who was working at the time in the chemistry laboratories of the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen. The occasion provides an opportun...

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Main Authors: Francesco Sgambato, Sergio Prozzo, Ester Sgambato, Rosa Sgambato, Luca Milano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
pH
History of pH
Centenary of pH
Acid-base balance
Henderson equation
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
Logarithms in medicine.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/107

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