a) The average pH of normal arterial blood is 7.40 at 37° C. Calculate [H] for blood at this temperature. b) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in raindrops to produces carbonic acid (H,CO,), causing the pH of clean, unpolluted rain to measure around 5.4. What is the [OH] in the raindrops?

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2) a) The average pH of normal arterial blood is 7.40 at 37 ° C. Calculate [H1 for
blood at this temperature.
b) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in raindrops to produces carbonic acid
(H,CO,), causing the pH of clean, unpolluted rain to measure around 5.4. What is the
[OH] in the raindrops?
Transcribed Image Text:2) a) The average pH of normal arterial blood is 7.40 at 37 ° C. Calculate [H1 for blood at this temperature. b) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in raindrops to produces carbonic acid (H,CO,), causing the pH of clean, unpolluted rain to measure around 5.4. What is the [OH] in the raindrops?
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