What are the advantages of phosphate buffer?
Posted December 22, 2023
Answer
There are several advantages of phosphate buffers. They are listed in the bulleted points below.
- It provides stability (stable for several weeks at 4°C )
- It provides high buffer capacity
- It is nontoxic to cells
- Phosphate is highly soluble in water
- pH changes little with temperature
- Most physiological of common buffers
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