Explain the carbonic acid molecules


An important component of blood is the buffer combination of bicarbonate ion and carbonic acid. Consider blood with a pH of7.42.

(a) What is the ratio of[H2CO3] to [HCO3‾ ]?

(b) What does the pH become if 18% of the bicarbonate ions are converted to carbonic acid?

(c) What does the pH become if 20.% of the carbonic acid molecules are converted to bicarbonateions?

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