Re: NANFA-- pH

Sajjad Lateef (sajjad_at_acm.org)
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:08:02 -0600 (EST)

poisson Hydrogen ... IIRC. From memory, pH is - Log[H] (negative
logarithm of the concentration of Hydrogen ions). See any General
Chemistry freshman text book for exact details.

Sajjad

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 NATURNUT_at_aol.com wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> In case anyone was wondering why I haven't been posting on the list
> for awhile, its because I've been very busy at school.... But anyways, I was
> wondering if pH was originated as an abbreviation for longer words, as I know
> pH is the measure of the concentration of hydrogen (H+) ions in a solution. I
> just thought it would be interesting to know......
> ____Dan McConnell Marshall, MI
>
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