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If the pH of an acid changes from 3 to 2. the concentration of hydrogen ions will increase by a factor of __ . What number completes the sentence?

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If the pH of an acid changes from 3 to 2.
the concentration of hydrogen ions will
increase by a factor of __ . What
number completes the sentence?

If the pH of an acid changes from 3 to 2. the concentration of hydrogen ions will increase by a factor of __ . What number completes the sentence?

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Thus, the concentration of the hydrogen ions/hydronium ions (\[H^+\]) increases by a factor of \(10\).

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The pH of a substance is, just like the last question, a measure of the hydrogen ion (\[H^+\]) concentration of the solution, but is expressed as the negative logarithm to the base of ten. A smaller pH (in this case moving from 3 to 2) signifies a higher acidity or greater \[H^+\] concentration in the solution. Hence, by decreasing the pH by one unit, you're increasing the \[H^+\] concentration tenfold due to the ten-fold difference that exists between each unit on the pH scale.
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