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ph

nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,484 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: phs

The pH is the scale that says how acidic or alkaline something is. A pH of seven, test the pH, low pH.

It runs from zero to fourteen with seven neutral, and each step is a tenfold change — so pH four is a hundred times more acidic than pH six, which is why small numbers matter so much. Blood is held between 7.35 and 7.45 or a person dies.

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Definitions of ph

  1. 1nounphThe scale of how acidic or alkaline something is.B2

    “Test the pH of the soil before you plant blueberries, which like acid ground.”

ph is a scale.

Practised in Chemistry & Elements

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