If one solution has 100 times as many hydrogen ions as another solution, what is the difference, in pH units, between the two solutions?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

The difference between hydrogen ion concentration at pH 2 and 3 is 10 times or 10**1. Difference between pH 2 and 4 wrt to hydrogen ions is 100 times or 10**2.

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anonymous · Answer

i am sorry but i did not understand

anonymous · Answer

Me either, I had to do research, and hoped you would.

anonymous · Answer

so what it seems to mean is that for every 10 hydrogen atom ph goes up .1ph unit, so if you started at seven and added 1 hydrogen at a time, i would go like 6.9, 6.8, 6.7; that way it moves 1 whole ph unit with ten hydrogens. so yeah that might help.....

anonymous · Answer

pH = -log(H+ concentration)

pH gets smaller as solution gets more H+, more acidic.