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>Because there is no water, there isn't really a pH. Could you elaborate? Wikipedia doesn't seem to suggest water is necessary (it talks about moles per unit v
by aninhumer 9y ago
>Because there is no water, there isn't really a pH.
Could you elaborate? Wikipedia doesn't seem to suggest water is necessary (it talks about moles per unit volume) but I may be misunderstanding something.
- tomsmeding 9y agoI'd say you have moles per unit volume of H3O+ ions. These form as the combination of H+ ions (readily present in copious amounts of acid) and crucially, H2O molecules.
- tim333 9y agoThe definition of pH is pretty much a measure of the proton concentration of things dissolved in water. You can look at similar measures in non aqueous solution but then it doesn't fit the definition properly.