Monday, June 6, 2011

Does changing the concentration of a acid affect is pH?? if so how??

thats pretty much it if adding water to a acid to dilute it would it change the ph and would it go up or down??Does changing the concentration of a acid affect is pH?? if so how??
pH = -log [ concentration of H+]



so when you dilute it, concentration would decrease and hence it would be less acidic..



just remember the low pH means acidic and high Ph means alkaline.. so, when you dilute and acid, the pH would increase..Does changing the concentration of a acid affect is pH?? if so how??
If you added water to an acid to dilute it, it's pH level would become closer to the 'neutral' level. It really depends on what acid you have there, but diluting it with water would generally make it less acidic i think, but keep in mind the 'neutral' level is a very thin line in between the two, and is very easy to become acidic or alkaline.

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