What are alveoli and what do they do?

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2 answers:

zlopas [31]3 years ago

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Alveoli are tiny sacs within our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and bloodstream

Ilya [14]3 years ago

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Are tiny sac with our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and blood stream

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Reduction reaction

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Therefore, the reducing agent in reaction (1) is lithium (Li).

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