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Cesia Abigail

Valenzuela Viscarra

LAB MEASURING
PH
CONTENT

Background
Materials
Procedure
Conclusion
BACKGROUND
A substance can be classified either as an acid or a
base depending of their chemical composition. But
how does a substance is classified as an acid or a
base? This can be accomplished with the pH scale,
which is based on the Brønsted-Lowry model for
acid and bases.
The pH scale refers to the potential of hydrogen, this
shows the acidity or the basic that a substance is in
an aqueous solution. This scale is from 0 to 14. Being
an acid solution one with a pH < 7, an neutral
solution being one with a pH = 7, and a basic
solution being one with a pH > 7. This scale can be
measure using an special pH paper, which turns
different colors depending on the substance pH.
The other method is using a pH-meter, which is a
more precise method, because it shows you the
exact pH in numbers.
MATERIALS
For this Lab we used the following materials:
Biker Lemon
Water Detergent
Sun block Vinegar
Perfume pH paper
Make-up remover pH meter

PROCEDURE
First we placed (in a biker) every substance in an
aqueous solution of 50% water and 50% the
substance that was intended to be measure. then
we measure with the pH paper and a pH meter.
1. Sun Block
pH paper - turned yellowish=6 pH
pH meter - measure 6.2
the solution was an acid 6.2<7
2. Perfume
pH paper - turned slightly green=7 pH
pH meter - not able to read it
the solution was a neutral 7=7

3. Make - up remover
pH paper - turned yellow=6 pH
pH meter - not able to read it
the solution was an acid 6<7
4. Lemon
pH paper - turned red=2 pH
pH meter - not able to read it
the solution was an acid 2<7

5. Detergent
pH paper - turned blue=11 pH
pH meter - measure 10.98
the solution was a base 10.98>7

6. Vinegar
pH paper - turned orange=3 pH
pH meter - measure 2.03
the solution was an acid 2.03<7
CONCLUSION

In this lab, we could see the different amounts of


hydrogen in the substances. We could see all the
substances as either a base or an acid through the
pH paper, which reacted differently to each of the
substances. Some of the substances were not able to
read with the pH meter because it was not correctly
calibrated. That is why some of the measurements
were not able to be seen.

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