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Biochemistry of the Cell
pH Scale and Acid-Base Balance
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pH measures how acidic or basic an aqueous solution is. It is a key way to describe the balance between acids and bases in water-based solutions.
The pH scale shows this balance with low values for acidic solutions and high values for basic solutions. Neutral solutions fall in the middle of the s...
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Transcript
The potential of hydrogen, or pH, points to a solution's acidity or basicity— properties based on the concentration of hydronium ions, formed when water molecules gain an extra proton.
The pH of a solution is the negative logarithm of its hydronium ion concentration. For example, a solution with 1 × 10−5 M hydronium concentration ha...
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