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Chapter 2, Problem 8SA
Summary Introduction
To describe:
The advantages of stomach pH and one potential problem associated with it.
Introduction:
pH refers to the measurement of the basicity or acidity of aqueous or other liquid solutions in terms of numbers. The conversion of the hydrogen ion concentration's values, which typically range between 0 and 14 and between 1 and 1014 gram-equivalents per liters.
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