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Burka [1]
3 years ago
7

Freediving is an activity in which a person dives, sometimes to great depth, without the use of scuba gear. The diver must hold

his or her breath for the duration of the dive. The record depth, with no equipment such as diving fins, is 101 m; the official record time is over 11 minutes. Historically, freediving has been used by pearl divers and sponge divers. Some freedivers hyperventilate (breathe rapidly and deeply) before diving. Hyperventilation can change the concentration of CO2 in the blood and may increase the length of time that a person feels like he or she can hold his or her breath. How does hyperventilation affect blood pH?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Luden [163]3 years ago
6 0

Explanation:

Carbon dioxide is eliminated from the body as a gas through exhaled air. When the volumes of air breathed into and out of the lungs increases above what is normal (hyperventilation), more carbon dioxide than normal is eliminated.

When carbon dioxide is dissolved in water forms carbonic acid which is an acid, having less CO2 in the system affects the balance of the normal pH tips towards the blood pH to become alkaline (higher pH), this condition is called respiratory alkalosis.

We can observe the equilibrium in this equation:

CO2 + H2O ← H2CO3 ← H+ + HCO3

<em>Here we observe how losing CO2 during hyperventilation leads to a decrease of H+ and therefore an increase in pH</em>.

I hope you find this information useful and interesting! Good luck!

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