Peter has just had surgery and is on nasogastric suction. this involves removing fluids from the stomach through a tube. the new intern does the suction a little too enthusiastically and removes too much hcl. what do you think will happen to the ph?

This would create a pH solution of too much base because of the removal of too much HCl.

A strong base can dissociate into ions that can react with an acid resulting to the removal of H + ions from a solution. A weak base only dissociates partially which removes less H + ions in a solution.