Background               Chapter 2

   I. Overview
      A. Chem. Review

  II. Water
        1. micells

 III. Acids and Bases
         1. hydronium ions

  IV. Buffers
      A. History
      B. How work
         1) ionization constants
         2) pKa
      C. Titration Curves
      D. bicarbonate / carbonic acid sys
      E. Phosphate buffering system

   V. Clinical pH changes
      A. Acidosis
      B. Alkalosis

  VI. Quantitating Buffer Systems
      A. Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
      B. Physiological

 VII. Summary