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Acids and Bases
pH and pOH in Water
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pH and pOH show how hydronium and hydroxide ions behave in water and other aqueous solutions. These ion concentrations are linked by the ion product of water, K w , so when one goes up, the other goes down.
Because ion concentrations can differ by huge amounts, a logarithmic scale is used to desc...
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The concentration of hydronium ions in an aqueous solution is usually written with negative exponents and can be as small as 1 × 10−14 M. The pH scale was developed by chemist Soren Sorenson in 1909 as a more convenient way to quickly compare the acidity of different solutions.
The pH of a solution is the negative logarithm of ...
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