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Video: Understanding pH

If you have had difficulty in school trying to understand the concept of pH, here's a video that can help.

Just to revise, pH is a measure of how many hydrogen ions there are in a solution, which in turn tells you how acidic or basic the solution is. The concept of pH was first introduced by S.P.L. Sørensen (in picture) in 1909.

 

(Video titled "khanacademy  —  September 06, 2009  — Autoionization of water into hydronium and hydroxide ions. pH, pOH, and pKa.", sourced from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4vSKwaBtw)

Tags :     Everyday Chemistry     Hydrogen Ions     pH     acids     bases     concentration    


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