An important component of blood is the buffer combination of dihydrogen phosphate ion and the hydrogen phosphate

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An important component of blood is the buffer combination of dihydrogen phosphate ion and the hydrogen phosphate ion. Consider blood with a pH of 7.44.
a. What is the ratio of [H2PO4–] to [HPO42]?
b. What does the pH become if 25% of the hydrogen phosphate ions are converted to dihydrogen phosphate ion?
c. What does the pH become if 15% of the dihydrogen phosphate ions are converted to hydrogen phosphate ions?
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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