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    Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H2CO3. The molecule rapidly converts to water and carbon dioxide in the presence of water...
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    water and the dissociated ions of carbonic acid (i.e. bicarbonate and hydrogen ions). The active site of most carbonic anhydrases contains a zinc ion. They...
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    diatomic molecules. Carbon dioxide is soluble in water, in which it reversibly forms H2CO3 (carbonic acid), which is a weak acid, because its ionization...
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    buffer system is an acid-base homeostatic mechanism involving the balance of carbonic acid (H2CO3), bicarbonate ion (HCO− 3), and carbon dioxide (CO2) in...
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    + NaHCO3 → NaCl + H2CO3 The carbonic acid rapidly equilibrates with carbon dioxide and water through catalysis by carbonic anhydrase enzymes bound to the...
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  • Carbonation is the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide to give carbonates, bicarbonates, and carbonic acid. In chemistry, the term is sometimes used in...
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    bicarbonate Calcium bicarbonate Ammonium bicarbonate Carbonic acid Carbon dioxide Carbonate Carbonic anhydrase Hard water Arterial blood gas test "hydrogencarbonate...
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    A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid, H2CO3, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, a polyatomic ion with the formula CO2−3. The word "carbonate"...
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    considered an oxoacid of carbon. Orthocarbonic acid is highly unstable. Calculations show that it decomposes into carbonic acid and water: H4CO4 → H2CO3...
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  • derived from metabolic carbon dioxide which is enzymatically converted to carbonic acid in the renal tubular cells. There, carbonic acid spontaneously dissociates...
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