Adair equation
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Adair equation
an equation describing the oxygen saturation curve of hemoglobin:
where R is the fractional saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen, K1, K2, K3, and K4 are the stepwise intrinsic association constants for the four oxygen-binding sites, and pO2 is the partial pressure of oxygen. For a generalized form of this equation see Bjerrum formation function. [Defined by Gilbert Smithson Adair (1896 — 1979), British biophysicist, in 1925.]
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