Relationship between pH & pOH ?
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Well, they have an equation that connects them together...
Explanation:
Well first, let's look at the definitions of
We know that solutions can be acidic, neutral, or basic (alkaline).
The
An important fact to know that, is that a water solution at
Source:
These are related by the autoprotolysis reaction, the which water undergoes at a given temperature....
Explanation:
And at
Now back in the day, before the advent of cheap electronic calculators, chemists (and physicists, and accountants, and students), used logarithmic tables to multiply and divide small and large numbers, and the
But
And so
OR.....
The which gives our working relationship:
And if you think that is hard, spare a thought for your parents and grandparents...when they did this stuff, they had to use logarithmic tables rather than electronic calculators, which calculate logarithms at the touch of a button.
And so, finally, if a chemist reports