pH was originally written by Dr Sørensen as PH, and it stands for pondus hydrogenii which means "potential hydrogen".

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The initials pH stand for "Potential of Hydrogen." Acids have pH values under 7, and alkalis have pH values over 7. If a substance has a pH value of 7, it is neutral-neither acidic or alkaline.

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The letters pH stand for "power of hydrogen" and numerical value for pH is just the negative of the power of 10 of the molar concentration of H+ ions.

1) What does the abbreviation pH stand for? ... So, if you have a pH of 5.0 that means that for each mole of stuff in the sample you have 1/105, or 0.00001 moles of hydrion. Doesn't sound like a lot,

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RFC 1 - Host Software ... Well if you want to know what pH stands for when your talking about water...it stands for potential hydrogen.

As a general rule of thumb, cleaning performance on typical oily soils is enhanced with an increase in pH. Some soils, for example hard water deposits, are best removed with acids.

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