Ph Scale Lab

“The pH of a solution is a measure of the molar concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution and as such is a measure of the acidity or basicity (sic) of the solution. The letters pH stand for power of hydrogen and the numerical value defined as the negative base 10 logarithm of the molar concentration of hydrogen ions.” (PH, 2002). The pH scale is from 0 to 14. When the pH is higher, the hydrogen ions are fewer and the substance considered alkaline. This means when a pH unit increases by one, there is a tenfold change in the hydrogen ion. For example, if a substance has a 7 pH, it has 10 times as many as hydrogen ions available as 8 pH. A lake having a water pH between 6.5 and 8.5 is considered to be neutral. Researchers tested Peckham Park lake water monthly from August 2015 to April 2016 for water pH levels. A water quality PH test strip taken from a jar and dipped into the lake. After a few minutes, the strip will turn a color and this color determines the pH. The jar the strips came in has a chart of the colors on the back which compared to the color on the strip. The lake tested monthly using the PH test strips, which show the pH level, hardness, toxic, etc. using color-change

10. A pH scale describes the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. 0 to 6.9 indicates an acidic solution, 7.1 to 14 indicates an alkaline solution, and 7 indicates a neutral solution.

PH sensors are used in many scientific laboratories to measure the hydrogen-ion concentration of a liquid substance and to determine the basicity and acidity of a liquid. PH meters measure the electrical potential difference between a reference electrode probe and a pH electrode probe. Since these probes are very sensitive, they are required to be kept cleansed from contaminants. If exposed to contamination, one risks faulty or unreliable data, since their accuracy is dependent on a regular calibration and upkeep. To avoid this risk, and accurately measure hydrogen-ion concentration, the probes are kept in a buffer solution and calibrated before each use. [1]

PH is . a numeric scale used to specify the acidity or alkalinity of an aqueous solution. The tests my group and I did was Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, phosphate, and the alkalinity tests. We also tested the rocks to see if they could neutralize the rocks. Neutralize renders something in effective or harmless applying an opposite force of effect. The two rocks that we studied were limestone and sandstone.

By using acid-base titration, we determined the suitability of phenolphthalein and methyl red as acid base indicators. We found that the equivalence point of the titration of hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide was not within the ph range of phenolphthalein's color range. The titration of acetic acid with sodium hydroxide resulted in an equivalence point out of the range of methyl red. And the titration of ammonia with hydrochloric acid had an equivalence point that was also out of the range of phenolphthalein.. The methyl red indicator and the phenolphthalein indicator were unsuitable because their pH ranges for their color changes did not cover the equivalence points of the trials in which they were used. However, the

Explain the pH scale and how it is used to indicate acidic, alkaline, and neutral solutions.

The pH of a solution is the measure of the concentration of charged Hydrogen ions in that given solution. A solution with a pH lower than seven is considered to be acidic. A solution with a higher pH is a base. It is very important for organisms to maintain a stable pH. Biological molecules such as proteins function only at a certain pH level and any changes in pH can result in them not functioning properly. To maintain these constant pH levels, buffer solutions are used. A buffer solution can resist change to small additions of acids or base’s. A good buffer will have components that act like a base, and components that act like an acid.

pH is also known as a measure of hydrogen ions in a solution. A hydrogen ion is the nucleus of a hydrogen atom being split from its electron. Studying the pH of different types of soil being placed in a control group such as tap water will represent the acidity or alkalinity of the matter. The pH scale begins at 0 and goes all the way up to 14, pH 7 being its neutral point, which isn’t acidic or basic. A neutral point on the acidic scale is in the middle, anything lower than the neutral point (7), is acidic, and anything higher than the neutral point is considered basic or “alkaline”.

The purpose of this particular lab is to learn the magnitude scale and more about an alternate measurement astronomers use to designate the luminosity and apparent brightness of stars. When the Greek scientist Hipparcos determined the brightness of stars he did it by eye. The first stars that came out at night were the first importance and today we call those stars “first magnitude”. After the year’s astronomers start realizing how some stars are brighter than others and that's when they form a magnitude scale. Magnitudes and brightness are related to each other, but magnitude scale is a difference subtractive scale and the apparent brightness makeup a multiplicative scale. I believe that it's important to do this lab because we can understand

Table 1 shows the standard of the standard of the expirement. It is used to compare the color of the red cabbage expirement to form an educated guess on the pH level of the different types of water. Table 2 shows the pH numbers we got from the red cabbage expirement and from the pH tester. This informations enables to compare the red cabbage and the pH tester numbers in order to prove the red cabbages accuaracy, and to prove our hypothesis that all of the pH numbers of the different types of drinking water are relatively close.

The hydrogen ion (H+) concentration is extremely important to living organisms. Even small changes in H+ ¬¬ion concentration can cause serious consequences to the structural and functional integrity of molecules. Consequently, it is important to regulate the pH within strict limits so that important biochemical processes of living systems can proceed normally.

Water and Gatorade both had pH’s that eventually decreased. The three Gatorade urine samples started at a pH of 6.7 for the first measurement while the second and third both had a pH of 6.0. The urine samples from water had its first two measurements both at 6.5 and the third dropped to 6.0. Coke remained constant at 6.0 for all three measurements. The pH for coffee and the control increased over time. The pH for the first two of the coffee samples were both 6.5 and the third went up to 7.0. Lastly, the first control sample was 6.0 and went up to 6.5 for the second. (Figure

My science fair topic will be measuring the acidic levels in different companies of water bottles such as Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Fiji, Miami Dade Tap Water, Penta, Publix Spring Water, Smart Water, Smart Water, Volvic, Voss, and Zephyrhills. Bottled water has been tested for its ppm (parts per million) to measure the amount of particles inside the water. The pH scale is a measurement of how acidic or basic an aqueous solution is. The pH scale has a range of 0-14; numbers less than 7 are considered acidic and numbers greater than 7 are considered basic. An acidic pH level means that the solution has more free hydrogen ions, and a basic pH level means that the solution has more free hydroxyl ions. pH is reported in logarithmic units and an increase or decrease of one on the pH scale has a 10-fold change. The negative logarithmic of the hydrogen ion concentration calculates the pH level of a solution. This is why pH stands for the potential of hydrogen and it calculate din

When using different methods to measure pH levels there are some tools that can be useful. Some more than others but by putting into action the different methods it may determine which tools will work best and give the best results when testing the pH within a solution. The pH, which stands for the proportion of hydrogen ions in a solution, could be acidic (acidosis), neutral or basic (alkaline). The pH scale goes from numbers 1 through 14. A pH of 7 is neutral;

The universal indicator is used for specifying whether a substance is a Base, Neutral, or an Acid along the pH scale, by measuring the concentration of H3O+ ions in a substance. (N.a, 2016) The pH scale is a scale that determines whether a substance is an Acid product, or a Basic product. The ‘H’ in pH stands for Hydrogen, however, the ‘p’ is often debated, therefore is thought of as the power of the hydrogen. (Morrissey, 2016) The pH scales ranges from ranking between 0 (Being more