Log in Nikolas Dahmen 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Nikolas Dahmen's post “If the pH scale is 0-14, ...” If the pH scale is 0-14, how can you have acids that are ranked at -6, -10, -18, -32, etc. pH? • (36 votes) A.T 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to A.T's post “Hi, the answer lies in th...” Hi, the answer lies in the way the pH is calculated. Although this may seem a little advanced. The pH is calculated by taking the -log of the concentration of a certain ion in a solution. In scientific notation, for example, if the concentration of this ion is 1x10^-10 mol/L, then the pH would be 10! Therefore, you can work backwards to see that if an acid had a concentration of 1x10^2 mol/L, then its pH would be -2! so basically negative pH indicates that the acid is very strong. (Just copy and pasted Aeshons comment so everyone could see. This is not my original comment. Aeshon gets all the credit) (25 votes) Michael Spivey 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Michael Spivey's post “I thought that bleach was...” I thought that bleach was acidic because of the way it turns whatever it touches white? • (23 votes) RainbowSprinklez352 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to RainbowSprinklez352's post “I think that's the chemic...” I think that's the chemical reaction of the bleach when it reacts to clothing. Bleach is a base because it doesn't have anything that is acid. (18 votes) Harsh Singh 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to Harsh Singh's post “Just wondering. What will...” Just wondering. What will happen when you mix something very basic with something very acidic? • (10 votes) 💜PURPLE4VICTORY💜 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to 💜PURPLE4VICTORY💜's post “Why don't you find out? ...” Why don't you find out? Just kidding. ;) If you combine equal amounts of something extremely basic and something extremely acidic, you get a neutralization reaction where the two chemicals cancel each other out to create salt and water. When a neutralization reaction occurs, the pH will end up being 7, a neutral pH. But, if the amounts of the acid and base are unequal, the result will be a solution that is slightly acidic, or slightly basic through a process called hydrolysis. I hope that answered your question, Harsh, and I hope you have a better understanding of what will happen in this specific scenario. Have a great day! :) (31 votes) r.praveengowda 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to r.praveengowda's post “is lemon juice more acidi...” is lemon juice more acidic than bleach • (10 votes) WPboy8800 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to WPboy8800's post “since every number you go...” since every number you go up the scale the baseity (?) gets 10 times stronger. So if lemon juice has a pH of 2 and bleach has a pH of 13 that means lemon juice is 100,000,000,000 times more acidic than bleach. (14 votes) Thomas 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Thomas's post “Is there a reason alkalin...” Is there a reason alkaline batteries have the word "alkaline" in them? Because I saw on the scale battery acid is very acidic, but in the video it said alkaline was a term for basic solutions ( • (11 votes) WPboy8800 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to WPboy8800's post “Maybe instead of having a...” Maybe instead of having a acidic acid in the battery maybe it has a alkaline substance. (6 votes) Sarah 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Sarah's post “I have an interesting que...” I have an interesting question: Do medicine pill or tablets even have a pH of acidic or basic? • (10 votes) Faithmorrison14 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Faithmorrison14's post “It would have to, I'm pre...” It would have to, I'm pretty sure all chemicals, liquids, foods, and medicines have a pH. (4 votes) jegededave42 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to jegededave42's post “it was said that an Acidi...” it was said that an Acidic solution is one with a higher concentration of hydrogen ion than pure water. • (6 votes) Elijah Daniels 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Elijah Daniels's post “Yes! The Hydrogen (or hyd...” Yes! The Hydrogen (or hydronium) ion concentration of pure water at 25 degrees Celsius is 10^-7 (if you're not sure where this came from, Khan Academy has some videos on it). If the Hydrogen concentration of a solution is higher than 10^-7, the solution is said to be acidic. (7 votes) 🌷🌻aylinkacar🍄🌸 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to 🌷🌻aylinkacar🍄🌸's post “Is chocolate syrup an aci...” Is chocolate syrup an acid or a base? • (6 votes) iLearnBecauseYes 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to iLearnBecauseYes's post “It most likely would be m...” It most likely would be more acidic (2 votes) Parsa Payandeh 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Parsa Payandeh's post “It is said above that " M...” It is said above that " Most enzymes work best at a specific pH" Why is it so? • (6 votes) Anil Mathew 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Anil Mathew's post “It's because enzymes are ...” It's because enzymes are sensitive to pH. For an enzyme to work and for a product, its active site must combine with the substrate to for an enzyme-substrate complex as in the induced fit model. However, in conditions that are not optimal, such as when an enzyme is placed in a solution with a pH value that's outside an enzyme's optimum, it can become denatured. In this, the enzyme loses its 3D shape and its ability to react with the substrate to form a product. This is why enzymes work best at a specific pH. Hope this helps. (4 votes) Jackson Schubert a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Jackson Schubert's post “Isn't bleach acidic becau...” Isn't bleach acidic because it turns everything white and burns to the touch? • (6 votes) Jayanthika a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Jayanthika's post “Bases can be corrosive” Bases can be corrosive (3 votes)Want to join the conversation?
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what does this mean?
does it mean that if the concentration of H ion in a solution is higher than the concentration of H ion in pure water then that substance is acidic?
