In chemistry, pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.[1] Pure water is said to be neutral, with a pH close to 7.0 at 25 °C (77 °F). Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. pH measurements are important in medicine, Biology, chemistry, agriculture, forestry, food science, environmental science, oceanography, civil engineering and many other applications.
In a solution pH approximates but is not equal to p[H], the negative logarithm (base 10) of the molar concentration of dissolved hydronium ions (H3O+); a low pH indicates a high concentration of hydronium ions, while a high pH indicates a low concentration. This negative of the logarithm matches the number of places behind the decimal point, so, for example, 0.1 molar hydrochloric acid should be near pH 1 and 0.0001 molar HCl should be near pH 4 (the base 10 logarithms of 0.1 and 0.0001 being −1, and −4, respectively). Pure (de-ionized) water is neutral, and can be considered either a very weak acid or a very weak base, giving it a pH of 7 (at 25 °C (77 °F)), or 0.0000001 M H+.[2] The pH has no upper or lower limit and can be lower than 0 or higher than 14,[3] although with water, it is limited by the acidity and basicity of water. For an aqueous solution to have a higher pH, a base must be dissolved in it, which binds away many of these rare hydrogen ions. Hydrogen ions in water can be written simply as H+ or as hydronium (H3O+) or higher species (e.g., H9O4+) to account for solvation, but all describe the same entity. Most of the Earth's freshwater bodies surface are slightly acidic due to the abundance and absorption of carbon dioxide;[4] in fact, for millennia in the past, most fresh water bodies have had a slightly acidic pH.
However, pH is not precisely p[H], but takes into account an activity factor. This represents the tendency of hydrogen ions to interact with other components of the solution, which affects among other things the electrical potential read using a pH meter. As a result, pH can be affected by the ionic strength of a solution---for example, the pH of a 0.05 M potassium hydrogen phthalate solution can vary by as much as 0.5 pH units as a function of added potassium chloride, even though the added salt is neither acidic nor basic.[5]
Hydrogen ion activity coefficients cannot be measured directly by any thermodynamically sound method, so they are based on theoretical calculations. Therefore, the pH scale is defined in practice as traceable to a set of standard solutions whose pH is established by international agreement.[6] Primary pH standard values are determined by the Harned cell, a hydrogen gas electrode, using the Bates--Guggenheim Convention.
Some acids are stronger then over's because it based on their molecular structure? Is it because the stronger acids are larger atoms.
As some acids have a higher concentration of H+ ions, they are stronger than other acids.
Because some are made of atoms that have a higher or lower atomic number, and therefore more or less dense.
Some materials sink in water because they are more dense than the water. Others float because they are less dense than water.
things that are more dense sink while things that are less dense float
Materials become denser as they get colder, unless, like ice, some other molecular force makes them less dense. Solids are denser than liquids, which are denser than gases. The colder a solid is, the more dense it becomes because each molecule's energy, which helps it repel the others, is less.
they have different densities (some are less dense than others) and so 'float' on one another...and or their molecules have different atomic structures which dont mix with each other.
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some solids are more dense than liquids (they sink) but others are less dense which is why not all solids sink
Some liquids are denser than others. In general, everyday experience, most liquids are denser than gases, but not as dense as solids. There are some exceptions to this rule.
The more-dense liquid will sink because it's more dense and this is the lowest-energy state. If both are polar or both are nonpolar, some mixing will occur, but the effect can still be seen.
The more-dense liquid will sink because it's more dense and this is the lowest-energy state. If both are polar or both are nonpolar, some mixing will occur, but the effect can still be seen.
I am not sure, but matter that is less dense usually gets pushed up, specially liquids.
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The chimicals in some liquids burn others do not.
Solids and liquids are better conductors. You can't say which of the two because some solids are more dense than some liquids and vice versa.
Some materials sink in water because they are more dense than the water. Others float because they are less dense than water.
things that are more dense sink while things that are less dense float
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Because some liquids have less kinetic energy.