5.2: pH and pOH
One such scale that is very popular for chemical concentrations and equilibrium constants is based on the p-function, defined as shown where "X" is the quantity of interest and "log" is the base-10 logarithm: (5.2.1) p X = − log X. The pH of a solution is therefore defined as shown here, where [H 3 O +] is the molar concentration of ...