Solutions

Solutions

Amino Acids & Protein Structure

Blood

Carbon dioxide combines chemically with water to form carbonic acid. Carbon dioxide transport in the blood and tissues involves the complex coupled equilibria between the solubility of carbon dioxide gas in water and the formation of carbonic acid coupled with the diprotic acid-base equilibrium with carbonic acid, carbonate and bicarbonate. Hemoglobin also binds carbon dioxide, so that figures in too.