The bicarbonate buffer system is one of the chemical buffer systems of the body. How would the bicarbonate buffer system work if sodium hydroxide were added to a solution?
-A hydrogen on carbonic acid would dissociate and join the hydroxyl group on the base to form water and sodium bicarbonate.
-The hydrogen ion would attach to carbonic acid.
-The hydrogen ion would attach to bicarbonate (HCO3) to form carbonic acid (H2CO3).