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EXPEDITION 2 / 8 · COLLEGE BOARD UNIT 1

Chemistry of Life

Water, macromolecules, and molecular structure

Your pace. Your study mode.60 flashcards · 20 MCQs

EXPLORE & EXPERIMENT

What does a change in pH really mean?

Move the pH slider. The graph shows how many times more H⁺ each solution contains than your reference.

log₁₀([H⁺] / reference [H⁺])

What does a change in pH really mean?-14-7071403.5710.514Solution pH[H⁺] = 1.00e-6 M · 10.0× reference
Model & assumptions

pH = −log₁₀[H⁺]; concentration ratio = 10^(reference pH − solution pH)

The vertical axis is logarithmic: +2 means 100× the reference H⁺ concentration; −2 means 0.01×. This model does not simulate buffering.

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