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Fred Has Emphysema,a Form of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Fred has emphysema,a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Blood tests show that his pH is low but almost normal,yet his bicarbonate levels are elevated significantly.How can this be? What would urinalysis show?


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Reaction Sites

Specific regions on a molecule where a chemical reaction occurs or is facilitated.

Particle Orientation

The specific alignment or direction of particles' axes relative to each other or to external fields, influencing their reactions and properties.

Kinetic Energy

The energy that an object possesses due to its motion, calculated as half the mass times the velocity squared.

Molecular Level

Pertains to the scale at which properties and phenomena are described in terms of molecules and their interactions.

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