An important component of blood is the buffer combination of dihydrogen phosphate ion and the hydrogen phosphate ion. The pH of blood is 7.44. What is the pH of blood, if 25% of the hydrogen phosphate is converted to dihydrogen phosphate? The value of Ka for H2PO4- is 6.2 x 10-2.

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An important component of blood is the buffer combination of dihydrogen phosphate ion and the hydrogen phosphate ion. The pH of blood is 7.44. What is the pH of blood, if 25% of the hydrogen phosphate is converted to dihydrogen phosphate? The value of K<sub>a</sub> for H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> is 6.2 x 10<sup>-2</sup>.






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