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A fresh sample of blood (a buffered solution) is withdrawn from the body and its pH measured at 7.4. A small quantity of strong acid (as an isotonic solution) is added to it

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A fresh sample of blood (a buffered solution) is withdrawn from the body and

its pH measured at 7.4. A small quantity of strong acid (as an isotonic solution)

is added to it. Which of the following values is most likely to be the pH of the

resulting blood solution?


  1. 3.0
  2. 7.3
  3. 7.4
  4. 7.5

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C: Blood is buffered so very little pH change will result from the

addition of acid. Certainly not enough to change the pH by 0.1.

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