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FORM H+ AND OHTHE CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN IONS DETERMINES THE ACIDITY OF THE SOLUTION, WHICH IS USUALLY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF pH. THE pH OF A SOLUTION IS THE NEGATIVE LOG OF ITS HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION. AN ACID IS A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN RE- LEASE HYDROGEN IONS (PROTON). A BASE IS A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN ACCEPT HYDROGEN IONS
ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF THE TOTAL MOLECULES DISSOCIATE. A WEAK ACID HAS A CHARACTERISTIC: DISSOCIATION CONSTANT (Ka) IS DE-FINED AS THE pKa.
CONCENTRATION OF A WEAK ACID AND ITS CONYUGATE BASE IS DESCRIBED BY : HENDERSON-HASSELBALCH EQUATION. pH = pKa + LOG( A-) / (HA). THE BODY PRODUCES A NUMBER OF ACID SDURING NORMAL METABOLISM.