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Can PH Have Negative Values
Can PH Have Negative Values
The usual range of pH values encountered is between 0 and 14, with 0 being the
value for concentrated hydrochloric acid (1 M HCl), 7 the value for pure water
(neutral pH), and 14 being the value for concentrated sodium hydroxide (1 M
NaOH). It is possible to get a pH of -1 with 10 M HCl, but that is about a practical
limit of acidity. At the other extreme, a 10 M solution of NaOH would have a pH of
15.