An acid-base indicator is a substance that changes color as the pH of the solution changes. Indicators work because they are weak acids which when in solution, exist in equilibrium with their ...

Describes acid-base physiology and discusses the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis, as well as plasma potassium disorders. Metabolic ...

Neutralisation is the reaction of an acid with a base that results in the pH moving towards 7. It is a useful process that occurs in everyday life such as in the treatment of acid indigestion and ...

THE establishment of a new truth invariably evokes a number of new fallacies; the brighter the light that a new theory sheds on its proper field, the darker, and the more distorting, the shadows ...

All solutions in water are either acidic, alkaline or neutral: we get an acidic solution when an acid is dissolved in water we get an alkaline solution when a base is dissolved in water solutions ...

These significance bands may be used to separate mixed acid-base disorders in patients with chronic hypercapnia. This study serves to present data on 20 carefully selected cases in which ...