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pH
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:20 pm
by Diana Andrade_4F
Why doesn't pH have units?
Re: pH
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:45 pm
by Chem_Mod
pH is a measure of acidity/basicity. Although you substitute molarity into the equation, it is unitless because it does not refer to a quantity, ie 1 liter of a solution with pH 8 is not more basic than 5 liters of a solution with pH 8. Moreover, it involves logarithms, which do not have units.
Re: pH
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:36 pm
by MinuChoi
pH is a scale. It's logarithmic, so a linear increase in pH is not a linear increase in [H+].