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SonicPixels OP t1_j274t1n wrote

Reply to comment by Ferocious_Armadillo in If stomach acid id HCl then what happens when you drink water? by SonicPixels

Woa thats cool, thanks for the explanation! If im understanding this correctly, the OH- and H3O+ molecules formed from water by the buffer basically serve to control the pH of your blood?

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Ferocious_Armadillo t1_j2756ks wrote

“Controlling the blood” is what buffers do (for blood pH).

Buffers don’t split water into H3O+ and OH-, that happens from stomach acid… buffers are in your blood… (and water has already been split into H3O+ and OH- before those molecules get to the buffers).

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