Suppose you were designing a buffer system for imitationblood and wanted the buffer to maintain the blood at therealistic pH of 7.40. All other things being equal, whichbuffer system would be preferable: H2 CO3 /  HCO3- orH2 PO-4 /HPO42- ? Explain.

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Suppose you were designing a buffer system for imitation
blood and wanted the buffer to maintain the blood at the
realistic pH of 7.40. All other things being equal, which
buffer system would be preferable: H2 CO3 /  HCO3- or
H2 PO-4 /HPO42- ? Explain.

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