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« on: October 22, 2007, 01:57:22 pm »
I've been dealing with PH and taking care of my water for almost 5 years, but I realized today I didn't know what PH stood for.  I'll bet I'm not alone.  Anyone?     Clue, its not Perfectly Happy, or Probably Horny.
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 02:03:09 pm »
I had to Google it :-[
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2007, 03:02:48 pm »
The most I know is that the p is a little p and the H is a big H.  
That must be important, but I don't know why.

Damn my liberal arts degree!!!!
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 03:13:51 pm »
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   There is a funky Latin term for it but in English its hydrogen potential or pH


Now my wife can't say I'm full of useless information because someone just asked and it was useful ;D
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2007, 10:50:18 am »
"pondus hydrogenii" (translated as potential hydrogen)
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2007, 12:33:34 pm »
Okay, but what's up with the capitilization, Sherlock? ;)

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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2007, 01:14:15 pm »
The symbol for hydrogen is "H".
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2007, 07:57:27 pm »
 A lower case p in front of some symbol is an indication to take the negative log of that quantity.
 
So pH is the negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration in the water solution.  This makes the numbers easier to work with.   A hydrogen ion concentration of 1.0 x 10-7  will give a pH = 7, a much easier number to deal with.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2007, 08:07:36 pm »
Where's Vinny when we need him?

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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2007, 08:24:22 pm »
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".....to take the negative log of that quantity......"
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I have got to find a way to use that phrase in standard conversation before I die.   :)
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2007, 08:35:51 pm »
I don't know about the "negative" but  "log"  might be worked in somewhere, somehow   ;)
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2007, 07:31:48 am »
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I don't know about the "negative" but  "log"  might be worked in somewhere, somehow   ;)
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