Oxygen in, Carbon Dioxide out. We learn this basic paradigm about breathing from a very early age on. But how does it work? From a chemical viewpoint this is a lot of fun! So let鈥檚 look into it 馃槉
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Blood, Red Blood Cells and Haemoglobin
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cell
路 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrozyt
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heme
路 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4moglobin
路 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4me_(Stoffgruppe)
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyrin
The Human Respiratory System
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_system
The Bohr Effect and Haldane Effect
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldane_effect
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_effect
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbaminohemoglobin
Khan鈥檚 academy explaining Bohr effect and Haldane鈥檚 effect
路 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHi9ctwDUnc
Coordination Chemistry
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_complex
路 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komplexchemie
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinate_covalent_bond
路 https://pediaa.com/difference-between-covalent-and-coordinate-bond/
路 Inorganic Chemistry by C. E. Housecroft and A. G. Sharpe 1st Edition 2001 ISBN 0582-31080-6
Smokers and Carbon Monoxide
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_poisoning
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxyhemoglobin
路 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligand
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denticity
Sickle Cell Disease
路 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease