pH testing

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The pH value of a solution expresses how acidic or basic it is, ranging from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral (neither acidic nor basic), and lower values becoming increasingly acidic. More technically, the pH of a solution is defined as the negative logarithm of the concentration of hydrogen ion. This expresses a concentration like "0.0000001 mol H+ per liter" as a more user-friendly term: pH 7.

Typical pH ranges:

  • Wine: 2.8-3.5[1]
  • Beer: 4.4-4.7[1]
  • Sour beer: 3.0-3.8
  • Wort: 5.0-5.8


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