Background Chapter 2

1. Overview
   1. Chem. Review
2. Water
   1. micells
3. Acids and Bases
   1. hydronium ions
4. Buffers
   1. History
   2. How work
      1. ionization constants
      2. pKa
   3. Titration Curves
   4. bicarbonate / carbonic acid sys
   5. Phosphate buffering system
5. Clinical pH changes
   1. Acidosis
   2. Alkalosis
6. Quantitating Buffer Systems
   1. Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
   2. Physiological
7. Summary