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Why is the pH of water 7?

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The pH of distilled water is 7. Seven denotes "neutral" on a pH scale, meaning it is neither acidic, nor basic. The reason for this is that there are the same number of H+ ions and OH- ions, thus keeping a balance. The importance of distilled water is that it does not contain any other chemicals which could upset this balance.

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because water is neutral and pH 7 is neutral

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