The pH concept - Journal of Chemical Education (ACS Publications)

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The pH Concept

by Doris Kolb Illinois Central College

"If pH is a measure of acidity, then how is it that pH goes up when the acidity goes down?" Many students find this concept confusing at first, and that is hardly surprising. Not only is the relationship hetween pH and aciditv an inverse one. hut also it is a lorarithmic one. A decrease