Negative Log H+ Concentration

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Principle 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• pH in body fluid
• pH in breath

Principle

• the 'p' refers to the power of 10.
• the 'H' refers to H+
• defined as - logarithm[10] H+ concentration in moles/liter
• a pH of < 7 is acidic; a pH of > 7 is basic
• a 10-fold increase in H+ concentration results in a decrease in pH of 1

More General Terms

• concentration
• clinical chemistry test

Additional Terms

• ambulatory esophageal pH testing

References

Alperts et al Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing, New York, NY 1989

- logarithm[10] H+ concentration (pH)