Ch.16 - Acid-Base Equilibria
Chapter 16, Problem 118
The volume of an adult's stomach ranges from about 50 mL when empty to 1 L when full. If the stomach volume is 400 mL and its contents have a pH of 2, how many moles of H+ does the stomach contain? Assuming that all the H+ comes from HCl, how many grams of sodium hydrogen carbonate will totally neutralize the stomach acid?
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