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    Oxygen content calculator.              
                 
    Oxygen is carried in the blood in two ways: bound to haemoglobin, and dissolved in the blood plasma. The total oxygen content of blood is found by simply adding these together.        
           
         
         
    The graph on the right shows the tiny amount of oxygen dissolved in the plasma (the blue line) and the much larger amount that is bound to haemoglobin (the pink line). The sum of these gives the top red line on the graph, which is the total oxygen content of 100mls of blood.      
         
         
           
           
           
    Haemoglobin binding explained        
           
           
           
           
    Enter data in green boxes.          
    Use the tab key to move between boxes.        
                   
      Temp   ºC        
      H+   nmol/l        
      pH              
      p50   kPa        
    Haemoglobin   g/dl      
      Haematocrit          
      Graph Scale   kPa        
    Try the advanced oxygen content calculator.          
               
      written by Kenneth Baillie and Alistair Simpson using SpreadsheetConverter.  
           
 



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