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Bulk of oxygen diffuses from the plasma into the red blood corpuscles where it joins loosely with Fe ions of haemoglobin (Hb) to form bright red oxyhaemoglobin (HbO). This process is called

Answer: (B)

Solution

Because O binds reversibly and loosely to the Fe of haemoglobin without any change in the oxidation state of iron,

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