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which one is more stronger PH1 or PH14
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which one is more stronger PH1 or PH14
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for both acid and base.....
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Re: which one is more stronger PH1 or PH14
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Define "stronger"
If they are solutions in water then, in one sense, they are as strong as eachother because a mixture of equal volumes of each will be (nearly) neutral.
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Re: which one is more stronger PH1 or PH14
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Dredging my chemistry memory: For a solution of these vicious chemicals in water:
pH 14 (strongly alkaline, eg 1M sodium hydroxide) would have an OH
-
concentration of about 10
0
, and H
+
concentration of 10
-14
pH 7 (neutral, like water) would have an H
+
= OH
-
concentration=10
-7
pH 1 (strongly acidic, eg 0.1M hydrochloric acid) would have an H
+
concentration of about 10
-1
, and OH
-
concentration of about 10
-13
To match the "strength" of the pH 14 solution, you would need a pH 0 solution (eg 1M HCl).
To neutralise a quantity of 1M NaOH (pH 14), you would need an equal quantity of a 1M HCl solution (pH 0) or 10 times the quantity of 0.1M HCl (pH 1).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH
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Re: which one is more stronger PH1 or PH14
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Oops!
It seems I lost track of the zeros.
Well spotted.
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