pH nuetral

[505997354]

Hello,
In my notes it stated "pH can be any value and still be nuetral". How exactly can that be?

[305920501]

I'm not exactly sure what is meant by that, a pH of 7 is considered neutral. Anything less than 7 is acidic and anything more than 7 is basic. The closer the pH gets to 0, the more acidic the solution is. The closer it gets to 14, the more basic the solution is.

[905960080]

A neutral solution is only pH 7. Anything below that value is considered acidic, and above would be considered basic.

[005917072]

I don't think that exact statement is true, because it's only neutral if the pH is 7. Maybe you meant that H+ can be any amount as long the concentration is still 1.0 X 10^-7?

[Chris_1234]

Even though neutrality is defined at pH 7 on the scale, solutions can still be considered neutral even if their pH deviates slightly due to small experimental errors or fluctuations? However, if the pH moves further away from 7, the solution becomes increasingly acidic (pH < 7) or basic (pH > 7).