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The presence of bicarbonate in egg-white was reported by Scholl (1893). His suggestion that egg-white resembles blood serum is in accordance with the pH values given in Table I. Healy and Peter (1925) found a value of pH 8-2 on laying and suggested that fresh white contained both bicarbonate and carbon dioxide.
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