The arterial blood plasma is buffered by the carbonic acid and bicarbonate ion, with a ratio of 1:20. Assume that the acid has a concentration of 0.1 M with a dissociation constant of 7.9x10-7 ? What is the pH of arterial blood plasma? * Do not round off the pKa. Use the complete value of the pKa in solving for the pH. Your answer This is a required question

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The arterial blood plasma is buffered by the carbonic acid and
bicarbonate ion, with a ratio of 1:20. Assume that the acid has a
concentration of 0.1 M with a dissociation constant of 7.9x10-7 ?
What is the pH of arterial blood plasma?
Do not round off the pKa. Use the complete value of the pka in solving for the pH.
Your answer
This is a required question
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 1 The arterial blood plasma is buffered by the carbonic acid and bicarbonate ion, with a ratio of 1:20. Assume that the acid has a concentration of 0.1 M with a dissociation constant of 7.9x10-7 ? What is the pH of arterial blood plasma? Do not round off the pKa. Use the complete value of the pka in solving for the pH. Your answer This is a required question
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