Haemoglobin, the red blood protein responsible for oxygen transport, binds about 1.34

Chapter 5, Problem 5.24

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Haemoglobin, the red blood protein responsible for oxygen transport, binds about 1.34 cm3 of oxygen per gram. Normal blood has a haemoglobin concentration of 150 g dm3. Haemoglobin in the lungs is about 97 per cent saturated with oxygen, but in the capillary is only about 75 per cent saturated. What volume of oxygen is given up by 100 cm3 of blood flowing from the lungs in the capillary?

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