OCR GCSE Combined Science Chemistry J250
Chemical Reactions
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
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Monitoring and Controlling Chemical Reactions
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Chemical Reactions
pH as a factor of ten, and measuring pH
- 2 things to know
- Paper 9 (Chemistry)
Overview
How pH changes by one unit for each tenfold change in hydrogen ion concentration, calculating those factors between pH values, what universal indicator and litmus show and their colours, using, rinsing and calibrating a pH meter and its advantage over indicator, and what the resolution of a meter means.
What you need to know
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What happens to the pH when the hydrogen ion concentration falls by a factor of ten?
Questions from this subtopic
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- 1
What happens to the pH of a solution when its hydrogen ion concentration increases by a factor of ten?
Model answer
The pH falls by one unit.
- 2
What happens to the pH when the hydrogen ion concentration falls by a factor of ten?
Model answer
The pH rises by one unit.
- 3
How many times greater is the hydrogen ion concentration at pH 2 than at pH 4?
Model answer
100 times greater.
- 4
An acid of pH 3 is diluted until its pH is 5. By what factor has the hydrogen ion concentration fallen?
Model answer
By a factor of 100.
- 5
How many times more concentrated in hydrogen ions is a solution of pH 1 than one of pH 6?
Model answer
100 000 times, because the concentration changes tenfold for each of the five pH units.
- 6
The hydrogen ion concentration of a solution of pH 4 is multiplied by 1000. What is its new pH?
Model answer
1.
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