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pH

Postby jordanginyard_ » Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:48 pm

What does the pH meter works and what is the importance of it?

Fiona Huang 3C
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Re: pH

Postby Fiona Huang 3C » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:30 pm

A pH meter measures the acidity, or the hydrogen ion activity, in a solution. It determines the pH level, which is from 1 to 14.

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Re: pH

Postby Evie Li_1H » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:44 pm

The pH meter allows you to calculate the approximate concentration of [H+] in solution, which is helpful for redox reactions, finding equilibrium constants, final concentrations of reactions, etc.

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Re: pH

Postby Taha 2D » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:57 pm

it measures the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution and thats helpful when you need to find concentrations, equilibrium constants etc

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Re: pH

Postby Colin Juett 2F » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:11 pm

It measures the hydronium concentration, giving us the pH.

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Re: pH

Postby Alexandra Salata 2L » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:12 pm

An acidic solution has far more positively charged hydrogen ions in it than an alkaline one, so it has greater potential to produce an electric current in a certain situation—in other words, it's a bit like a battery that can produce a greater voltage. A pH meter takes advantage of this and works like a voltmeter: it measures the voltage produced by the solution whose acidity we're interested in, compares it with the voltage of a known solution, and uses the difference in voltage between them to deduce the difference in pH.

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Re: pH

Postby Izamary Marquez 2H » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:14 pm

Evie Li_1H wrote:The pH meter allows you to calculate the approximate concentration of [H+] in solution, which is helpful for redox reactions, finding equilibrium constants, final concentrations of reactions, etc.


In this sense, is the pH mostly necessary to measure the flow of anions and cations? And is this used as a standard for all sections?

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Re: pH

Postby Armen_Isayan_2L » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:15 pm

Hello! The pH meter fulfills measuring the acidity and the ion concentration of H+ in a solution. The importance of this is that it is useful in redox reactions and especially finding the overall concentration of a reaction.

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Re: pH

Postby Keshav Patel 14B 2B » Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:54 pm

pH level measures the amount of hydronium ions within something or determining the strength of the acid. pOH measures the strength of a base and the amount of hydroxide present on a scale of 1-14 for both.

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Re: pH

Postby Laura 3l » Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:58 pm

The pH measures the concentration of hydronium and it lets us know the pH level.

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Re: pH

Postby Mackenzie Stockton 2H » Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:59 pm

pH meter measures the hydronium concentration, which tells us about pH since pH=-log(H30+)

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Re: pH

Postby YuditGaribay3J » Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:09 pm

Just from the top of my heat, pH is the measure of the concentration of H+ ions in a solution. Which ranges from 1 to 14. Where 7 is considered neutral.

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Re: pH

Postby Queena Chu 3E » Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:10 pm

pH measures the concentration of H+ ions in a solution and gives us the pH.

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Re: pH

Postby Joanna Huang » Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:17 pm

A pH meter measures the acidity of things, and the scale goes up by multiples of 10. It measures the hydrogen ion concentration, and ranges from 1-14, with 7 being neutral, and anything above 7 basic, and any below 7 acidic.

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Re: pH

Postby Naomi Hernandez-Ramirez 1J » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:57 am

pH measures the concentration of H+ ions in a solution, through this we can know where it lands on the scale of 1-14

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Re: pH

Postby Ally M » Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:22 pm

The pH scale ranges from 1-14, where 14 is basic and is acidic. pH measures the concentration of H+ ions within something to determine the strength of the solution.

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Re: pH

Postby Omar Alkhalili 1J » Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:23 pm

Hello! The pH tells you how acidic or basic a solution is. The lower the number, the more acidic and the higher the number, the more basic.

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Re: pH

Postby PatrickV » Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:45 pm

A pH meter is an instrument that is used to measure the hydrogen ion activity in solutions. This measures the acidity of the solution. The number of hydrogen ions is shown as a number between 1 and 14 (pH scale)


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