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acid basics
Understanding fluids, urea and electrolyte balance;a uantitative aroach. Part Three.
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quick questions
The guy at the gym told Sam to drink plenty of waterWhat is the hydrogen ion concentration of waterat standard temperature and pressure?What is the pH of 0.9% sodium chloridesolution?
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You probably know that the pH of water is 7.0,and you might recall that “p is the negativelogarithm”; so the [H+] of water is 10
-7
mol/L,which sounds easier if you call it 100
nano
molesper litre. pH 7.4 is 40nMol/L.5.5 (it is written on the bag). We are now into bigmicromolar quantities of [H+]. Putting solutesinto water changes its pH.
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