Buffering Capabilities of Guinea Pig Blood

Class: BE210
Group: 101_B3

Members:

Kim Coughlan

Barry Huang

Laura Michelis

Le Truong

Date: April 2006

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This lab aims to examine how well a pure bicarbonate buffer serves as a model for the buffering capabilities of real blood. Specifically, it is hypothesized that the pK_a’s and buffering capacities of guinea pig blood and pure bicarbonate (at a similar concentration as that found in the blood) will not be significantly different.d compared to the glucose.