If 1 mole of CO2 dissociates in blood to 1 mole of H+ and 1 mole

>nobody knows this

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Alveolar hypoventilation gives an increased PaCO2, which in turn decreases the HCO3–/PaCO2 ratio, thereby decreasing the pH. I assume the ratio doesn't provide neutrlisation quickly enough. Not sure tho

>>8652193
>If 1 mole of CO2 dissociates in blood to 1 mole of H+ and 1 mole of HCO3-
guess what: it doesn't

also, I don't understand the question

>>8652193
>1 mole of CO2 dissociates in blood to 1 mole of H+ and 1 mole of HCO3-
uhhhh

>>8653711
I'm familiar with the Henderson-Hasselbach equation. I guess it's not about the actual number of particles but rather the ratio shifts harder for H+ than HCO3- since the concentration that supports a pH of 7,4 is HCO3- to carbonic acid = 20:1 to begin with.

>>8653717
Maybe my question will be more understandable if I tell you how I got to it. According to my textbook:
>If pCO2 is increased, the concentration of HCO3- increases parallel to the increase of H+, because both ions come in equimolar quantities from the dissociation of carbonic acid. However, the HCO3- can not act as a buffering agent anymore, because it comes from the dissociation of carbonic acid.

My question is, why the fuck not?

>>8653845
>My question is, why the fuck not?
can you explain how carbon dioxide would dissociate to hydrogencarbonate and protons?
You can't.

>>8653849
CO2 + H2O <--> H2CO3 <--> H+ + HCO3-

Carbonic anhydrase as a catalyst gives us carbonic acid (there is a solubility coefficient for carbon dioxide which is 0,03). Yada yada dissociation constant and you have bicarbonate and protons.

>>8653858
Oh, you actually can, wonderful.
now consider what if there's more CO2, where does the balance go?

>>8653866
I'm really shaky on chemistry, dude, can you spell it out for me?

>>8653876
No, I'm not gonna tell you, because that's pointless.
What's a "chemical balance" and how can you alter it?

>>8653858
Well i mean Speleothem creation is wholy dependent on this process. You dont even need anhydrase catalyst.

>>8653878
If we add more undissociated product there would need to be a shift to the right to keep the equilibrium, I guess? I have memorized the equations, obviously, but I must be missing something fundamental because I don't see how that explains it.

>>8653888
Well sure. Nice trips

>>8653912
Exactly.
How does that not explain it?
The relative amount of the substances in the balance state is constant.
If you increase the amount of one substance on one side of the balance it also must increase the amount of substance on the other side of the balance.

Do you know the formula for the equilibrium constant?
That should explain everything.

>>8653917
Yea, sure. Fuck, it actually DOES explain it, I thought I was missing something else. Thanks for the epiphany.