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Carbonic acid has a p Ka of 6.1 at physiological

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Carbonic acid has a p Ka of 6.1 at physiological temperature. Is the carbonic acid/bicarbonate buffer system that maintains the pH of the blood at 7.4 better at neutralizing excess acid or excess base?

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Carbonic acid has a p Ka of 6.1 at physiological temperature. Is the carbonic acid/bicarbonate buffer system that maintains the pH of the blood at 7.4 better at neutralizing excess acid or excess base?

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pH of human blood is

The above equation, called the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation

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