Blood Buffer - Experiment, Step 4

Step 4



4. Add 10 ml of 0.85% lactic acid. During normal metabolism the body produces small amounts of lactic acid. This step simulates the formation of a large amount of lactic acid.



Read pH
View closeup taken after several minutes have passed.


Record your observations.

Q10: What is the pH of the solution?

Q11: What condition is this person suffering from?

Q12: Use equilibrium arguments to describe why a gas was formed?



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