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summarize the relationship between water, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, bicarbonate and hydrogen

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Answer:

Explanation:

Water reacts with Carbon dioxide to form Carbonic acid, please see equation below:

H2O (water) + CO2 (carbon dioxide) ⇄ H2CO3 (carbonic acid)

Carbonic acid is a weak acid and some of it dissociates to Hydrogen ions and Hydrocarbonate ions, please see equation below:

H2CO3 (carbonic acid) ⇄ H+ (hydrogen ions) + HCO3-