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Normally the pH of the human body is fixed in a very narrow range between 7.35 and 7.45. A patient with an acidic blood pH of 7.3 may be treated with sodium bicarbonate why would this raise the pH?
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NaHCO3 (sodium bicarbonate) is a salt that is made up from a cation from a strong base (sodium hydroxide) and an anion from a weak acid (carbonic acid - H2CO3) Note all salts with Na in it will dissovle completely following salt acid / base rules the 'weak' anion will try to revert back to its carbonic acid state because carbonic acid has a low equilibrium value (which is a complicated way of saying it likes being H2CO3 as opposed to HCO3-) in order to do so it will tear some water molecules apart producing hydroxide ions (OH-) which raises the pH of the blood by getting rid of some of the hydrogen ions in the blood that made it more acidic in the first place.
for more information try here: http://www.cofc.edu/~amyled/ChangAcidBase.pdf look towards the bottom
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