Question

Peter has just had surgery and is on nasogastric suction. this involves removing fluids from the stomach through a tube. the new intern does the suction a little too enthusiastically and removes too much hcl.what do you think will happen to the ph?

Answer 1

This would create a pH solution of too much base because of the removal of too much HCl.
A strong base can dissociate into ions that can react with an acid resulting to the removal of H+ ions from a solution. A weak base only dissociates partially which removes less H+ ions in a solution.