Ph Measurement

 

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Ph measures how acidic or base a solution is. Ph is a measurement of the number of hydrogen ions there are in a substance. The lower the Ph level is, the more acid the substance is. The higher the Ph level is the more alkaline, not acidic, a substance is.
 
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