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pH

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004846

A measure of the hydrogen-ion activity in solution, expressed on a scale 0 (highly acid) to 14 (highly basic); 7.0 pH is a neutral solution, neither acid nor basic.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004846
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymshydrogen ion concentration
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsophysicochemical properties; chemical bases; acidulants; alkali tolerance; acidification; deacidification; phenolsulfonphthalein; buffer index; soil pH; blood pH; pH stability
TranslationsSpanish: pH
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004846",
  "term": "pH",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A measure of the hydrogen-ion activity in solution, expressed on a scale 0 (highly acid) to 14 (highly basic); 7.0 pH is a neutral solution, neither acid nor basic.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hydrogen ion concentration"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "physicochemical properties",
    "chemical bases",
    "acidulants",
    "alkali tolerance",
    "acidification",
    "deacidification",
    "phenolsulfonphthalein",
    "buffer index",
    "soil pH",
    "blood pH",
    "pH stability"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pH"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ph/"
}

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