pH scale
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(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic);
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- hydrogen ion concentration hypernym
- acidity hyponym
- alkalinity hyponym
- neutrality hyponym
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- chemistry domain topic
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hydrogen ion concentration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acidity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alkalinity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neutrality |