A History of Carbonic Acid and the Central Role of Bicarbonate in the Co2/H2o System
Claudimir Lucio do Lago
Abstract:Carbon dioxide and the related species bicarbonate and carbonate are known for centuries and are deeply involved with modern chemistry knowledge from the beginning. Carbonic acid, by its turn, was intuited more than a century before being synthesized for the first time, which was not obtained, however, without stumbles and mistakes. The equilibrium between HCO3– and CO32– in aqueous medium is free of disputes. However, the interconversion of the other three species is rather controversial. Several papers start… Show more
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