Acidified misconception

Chemistry Level 1

Can pH be negative?

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Zakir Husain
Jun 29, 2020

pH is defined as :

p H = log ( [ H + ] ) pH=-\log([H^+])

Now for very highly concentrated acid ( [ H + ] > 1 M ) ([H^+]>1M) p H = l o g ( [ H + ] ) < 0 pH=-log([H^+])<0


Note:

  • It is a very common misconception about pH that it lies between 0 0 and 14 14 , it don't have any defined limits (as you can see from the definition itself). For some highly concentrated acids p H < 0 pH<0 .

  • [ H + ] [H^+] denotes the concentration of H + H^+ ions

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