Chapter 16, Problem 15ALQ

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Final pH of a acid solution after mixing a solution of strong acid with a pH of $4$ and an equal volume of a strong acid solution with a pH of $6$ should be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

The [H⁺ ] in an aqueous solution is typically small, using the p scale in the form of pH scale provides a convenient way to represent solution’s acidity.

The pH is defined as ${\text{pH = - log [H}}^{\text{+}}\text{]}$

So $\left[{\text{H}}^{\text{+}}\right]\text{ = antilog }\left[\text{- pH}\right]$.