▲ 548 ▼ Is water an acid or a base? (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) If you take into consideration the self-ionization of water, it's both, at the same time. 2 H2O -> H3O^+^ + ^-^OH permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) AFAIU, it doesn't change the PH neutrality. I understand that they self combine/react again? But is that reaction still water? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Autoionization and the reverse reaction are constantly happening in water, and when the reaction is happening at the same rate forward and backward the system is said to be "at dynamic equilibrium" (aka, stuff is happening, but there's no net change) In pure water, the equilibrium concentration of hydronium and hydroxide are equal, so it's said to be neutral. At room temperature, that equilibrium concentration is approximately 1*10^-7 moles per liter, which gives a pH of 7 (since pH is defined as the negative log _10 of hydronium concentration) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) AFAIU, it doesn't change the PH neutrality. I understand that they self combine/react again? But is that reaction still water? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Autoionization and the reverse reaction are constantly happening in water, and when the reaction is happening at the same rate forward and backward the system is said to be "at dynamic equilibrium" (aka, stuff is happening, but there's no net change) In pure water, the equilibrium concentration of hydronium and hydroxide are equal, so it's said to be neutral. At room temperature, that equilibrium concentration is approximately 1*10^-7 moles per liter, which gives a pH of 7 (since pH is defined as the negative log _10 of hydronium concentration) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Autoionization and the reverse reaction are constantly happening in water, and when the reaction is happening at the same rate forward and backward the system is said to be "at dynamic equilibrium" (aka, stuff is happening, but there's no net change) In pure water, the equilibrium concentration of hydronium and hydroxide are equal, so it's said to be neutral. At room temperature, that equilibrium concentration is approximately 1*10^-7 moles per liter, which gives a pH of 7 (since pH is defined as the negative log _10 of hydronium concentration) permalink fedilink source parent