Basic Principies involved

caire ot
a Hdic
acnhc solutim
the hydrogen ion "

concentral
comcentratioe f7 f a
anlutho

solution tu, H 10 > les than Fox

Therctore
toe, ts PphH
valuc ts is

ot
sof
dilute bde
i o r e acid. ethanosc acid a n
ate less than
a basc falkaline) e oH value isgrcaet
NaH than
and NaHCO, are greales
h u r exammple. the pH values of autec
a nieutral solution eual seven pp t
=
7) For e
e H= aue cuual
o eve

pH
valuc of pire waier re fe p 98 K
pet of a
iprfcrahly dis
sample can be measured by the useo f pH paper or by the use
a univeral mila,
Experimental Steps
*
Take the
given samples of HCi, TI Juce, waler na
ancD, in ep
Can test
tubes and mark
them a
Na A. CD.E and F respectiveiy
ana

it on a clean and dry glazed whinte L

stip
snp ot
trom the
packet of the phl paper ana
p
pli paper is
called tet
p

Stri
pl pape

1. apenmental iet-up to mieasure the pH of different samples

r9
*withraw the solution irom test tube A clean
N o t e the
in a
dropper and put one drop ot on the phH pipe
colour developed on the pH paper
ompare the colour
developcd on the lest strip with the colour given the chart of the
on pH pape
Record the pH value comesponding to the colour
Perfor s l a r experimenits with the other samples and record your observations as shown in the tabe

Observations
Colour
value Nature ef the
Nane af sanple
e a p e d on pH pH
chart)

A Dluae nyutos
Acute
De o1 M a m
oun hydraxide
D u e ut t ttnaok acd

E water
AciIdac

F cutra
Dhlute wilutios of sMkliun hydrogch cartonate
Basic

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 am mpleswe have octve t a
than e
h e
f diate hychinc
acidic
hese
acid, dilutc soution of ethanoic acid an iemom juce
have chan
are less

souo ot wiams hydogen

catnas yde un de
mdicat The pli value of distilled water is 7. Thesefore, it has neutral chatacter
recautions
Do o tc ae ps paj Dclean or we
Clean the

white til o t waate the pH par

PPepa cu o tour ot more puarts and used
y tour udents of the class

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n a s on its Nrce FR c p i c
The p H f dist
cutral.
p H
of chiorinated
tan) The
a it s acidic.
pH of hard water ts more
than . heretore. bas.

VIVA VOCE
TWhat a the aim of your experimeni?
Maamir, the aim of
my expenment is to tind the
ph ol the ten Sampies uanE prt paper
THou uould you detme phi of a solution?
paper pht the
power ol hydrogen larn concerntration of a solution tis defined by
(H= 10
what6
pH of a solution uhert
( 10
paper
T. What 5 the
hydrogen ion conecentration ofa solution uhen ts pH 3

table. S. When pH 3 then ' - 10

T.The hydrogen Gn concentralion of pure
uier
of solutions A and B are 10 Gnd tor
t s neulral The
0ana ydroeenO
aons Tespectueiy. dentiy acidic and basie
the solutions.
S. Solution A is acidic and solutuon 8 is Dasc.
T. What s indicator? Name two indicators
S. Indicator chemicalis a
which changes its
colour with the
change im the pH value of the solutior
EXampies () Ltmus and (0) Phenoiphithalein.
T. Hou do you use pH paper to fnd the pH?
S. A the
dropo
witn the
soluton is placed on the
stip of the pH paper and the colour developed is match.
corresponding ph value gen on the pH chart

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