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Physiology & Medicine / Bicarbonate buffer
« on: 07/11/2003 10:15:26 »
A rather technical question:
Why is bicarbonate buffer so effective in blood, although the pH of blood (7,4) is far from optimal pH of this buffer, that's 6,1 (the pKa of buffer). I know that body is an opened system, I know the function of lungs and kidneys, but I haven't yet get satisfactory answer to this problem in literature or web.
Why is bicarbonate buffer so effective in blood, although the pH of blood (7,4) is far from optimal pH of this buffer, that's 6,1 (the pKa of buffer). I know that body is an opened system, I know the function of lungs and kidneys, but I haven't yet get satisfactory answer to this problem in literature or web.