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Is it true that as ventilation increases and more carbon dioxide is removed from the blood the hydrogen ion concentration of the blood decreases?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes it is true. That's what doctors call sometimes respiratory alkalosis (when the pH of the blood goes higher up than...). What happens its very simple and cool. As you hyperventilate you win a lot of oxygen molecules but you also loose a lot of carbon dioxide molecules (in the physiological exchange of CO2 for O2 between the alveoli and the pulmonary capillaries). This decrease in CO2 in the blood decreases the amount of CO2 molecules dissociating into HCO3- and H+ when it interacts with the water molecules. This explains the decrease in H+ molecules and the increasing of the PH
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∙ 14y ago
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What happens to the hydrogen ion concentration as you decrease the pH?
Hydrogen ion concentration increases.
What is A measurement system used to indicate the concentration of Hydrogen ions in solution?
the pH scale. as the pH of the solution decreases (below 7), the concentration of H+ ions increases. as the pH of the solution increases (above 7), the concentration of H+ ions decreases. (if the pH is 7, the solution is neutral).
If the pH of a solution decreases below 7.0 1. the acidity of the solution increases 2. the acidity of the solution decreases 3. the hydronium ion or hydrogen ion concentration increases 4. the hydron?
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Why the acidic character increases with the decrease in pH?
The acidic character increases with decrease in pH because the pH and acidity are both dependent on the hydrogen ion concentration, with pH being the negative log of the hydrogen concentration. So, at the concentration of H+ increases, the negative log of the H+ concentration decreases.
If pH increases does a group become more or less protonated?
If pH increases, then the solution is less protonated. The pH of a solution is defined as -log[H+], so when the concentration of hydrogen ions increases, the pH decreases.
If the hyrdoxide ion concentartion increases what happens to the hydrogen ion concentration?
The Hydrogen ion concentration decreases. Remember that these two ion concentrations are inversely proportional, in formula: [H+].[OH-]= 1.0*10-14 or pH + pOH = 14.
The rate of photosynthesis increases as the concentration of hydrogen gas increases?
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What makes pH go up and down?
pH tells us the hydrogen ion (H+) ion concentration. The lower the number - the greater the number of hydrogen ions. Adding hydrogen ions decreases pH (and increases acidity) removing them (eg by adding hydroxide OH-) increases pH.
Which kind of compound increases the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution?
Acids increase the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.
What kind of compound increases the hydrogen ion concentration?
An acid for example.
Which substances decrease the H ion concentration in an solution?
An acid increase the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.
Which kind of compound increases the hydrogen ion concentration in solution?
These compounds are acids.
