What is chloride as an acid?
This is because chloride acts essentially as an “acid”. By Stewart's acid-base principles, chloride is a strong anion, an independent variable. So if chloride is gained or lost in excess of sodium, it indicates a metabolic acidosis (“gain” of an acid) or alkalosis (“loss of an acid”), respectively.
This is because chloride acts essentially as an “acid”. By Stewart's acid-base principles, chloride is a strong anion, an independent variable. So if chloride is gained or lost in excess of sodium, it indicates a metabolic acidosis (“gain” of an acid) or alkalosis (“loss of an acid”), respectively.
