Today in the laboratory I got substrate equilibrium buffer in my eyes - that was four hours ago and it still stings like crazy. What do I do?

did you at least use an eye flush at the time?

I would head to your health center if you can.

Originally posted by Kaliken
did you at least use an eye flush at the time?

I would head to your health center if you can.

I used the eye flush - health center's closed.

GO SEE A DOCTOR QUICK BEFORE IT GETS WORSER

Originally posted by TMK
GO SEE A DOCTOR QUICK BEFORE IT GETS WORSER

Look out noahprtlnd - you've got a stalker : )

Anyhoo- keep flushing your eyes, and if you wear contacts, I'm sure you have them out (and toss 'em) already, right? I had a battery short and out-gas in my eyes, which was absorbed by my contacts. I had to flush and flush and flush to get that sting out, and threw out my lenses as a precaution (disposables).

Good luck...

-Sean

hey wait a miniut hes the one that folloows me. He posted on all my threads and this is the first one i done on his.

If i post once on your thread does that make me a stalker?

^^^^^^
http://www.shadowriders.org/faq/6thsense-dumb-unsubbers.jpg
Not a list, but rather the rx8board.

Do an eye transplant like in Minority Report. Should be no problem compared to a V8 swap.

I would start drinking heavily

SCH4U Buffer Solutions
Buffers are solutions with the ability to resist the addition of strong acids or strong bases, within limits.

They play an important role in chemical processes where it is essential that a fairly constant pH is maintained. In many industrial and physiological processes, specific reactions occur at some optimum pH value. When the pH varies to any extent from the optimum value, undesirable reactions and effects may occur. For example, the pH of your blood lies at about 7.35. If this value drops below 7.0 (acidosis) the results are fatal. Also if it rises above 7.7 (alkalosis) the results are as well fatal. Fortunately our blood contains a buffering system which maintains the acidity at the proper level. If it were not for the protection of the buffering system, we could not eat and adsorb many of the acidic fruit juices and foods in our diet.

A typical lab buffer is CH3COOH and its salt NaCH3COO. Most buffer solutions are made up using a weak acid and its sodium salt! When a strong base such as NaOH is added to the buffer, the acetic acid reacts with and consumes the excess OH- ion. The OH- reacts with the H3O+ ion from the acid in the following reaction:

H2O + CH3COOH <-------> H3O+ + CH3COO-

H3O+ + OH- <----------> H2O

The OH- reduces the H3O+ ion concentration, which causes a shift to the right, forming additional CH3COO- and H3O+ ions. For practical purposes each mole of OH- added consumes a mole of CH3COOH and produces a mole of CH3COO-.
OH- + CH3COOH <------------> CH3COO- + H3O+

When a strong acid such as HCl is added to the buffer, the hydronium ions react with the CH3COO- ions of the salt and form more undissociated CH3COOH.

H3O+ + CH3COO- <-----------> CH3COOH + H2O

As you would expect, there is a limit to the quantity of H+ or OH- that a buffer can absorb without undergoing a significant change in pH. If a mole of HCl is added to a litre of buffer solution containing 0.5 moles of sodium acetate/acetic acid buffer the H+ completely consumes the buffer and results in a drastic change in pH.

The blood buffer is made up from the dissolved carbon dioxide in the plasma.

CO2(g) + H2O <-------> H2CO3 <------> HCO3- + H3O+

When a base is added it reacts with the carbonic acid.

OH- + H2CO3 <--------> HCO3- + H2O

When an acid is added it reacts with the bicarbonate ion.

H3O+ + HCO3- <---------> H2CO3 + H2O

Because there are both a base-neutralizer and an acid-neutralizer then we have a buffer.

Buffer Components
A buffer has two components.

HA NaA ---> Na+ + A-
a weak acid & a soluble salt of the acid

Therefore any extra H3O+ will be neutralized by the A- in the buffer.

H3O+ + A- <-------> HA + H2O

And any extra OH- that is added will be neutralized by the acid.

HA + OH- <------> A- + H2O

There are 3 basic types of calculations that can be done with buffer system and these will be covered next.


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Ask Doug Green for help!!!!

I miss Doug at least he was funny.....

Doug Green would probably try to gouge his eye out. :)

That could fix his problem too!!!!

I suggest a 1500 PSI pressure washer.
Maybe some Tobasco...

COOOOOL