Chemistry GCSE
Neutrality
What Neutrality means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Neutrality
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Reference: AQA
Means hydrogen ion concentration equals hydroxide ion concentration, giving pH 7 for aqueous solutions at the usual laboratory temperature.
Topics that use Neutrality
- Strong and weak acids (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
- dilute
- Ion formation and equations
- Link between ionisation and pH
- Quantitative comparison of acids
- reversible arrow
- weak acid
- Concentrated
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