Chemistry GCSE
Link between ionisation and pH
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Because ionisation is complete, the concentration of H⁺ ions equals the concentration of the acid for monoprotic acids, giving a low pH.
Topics that use Link between ionisation and pH
- Strong and weak acids (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
- dilute
- Ion formation and equations
- Neutrality
- Quantitative comparison of acids
- reversible arrow
- weak acid
- Concentrated
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