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Chemistry · Glossary

What is pH paper and pH meter?

Also known as: pH paper · pH meter

Definition 18.4 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 18 — Acids, Bases and pH

pH paper is a strip of paper soaked in a mixture of dyes that takes a different colour at each pH; a drop of the solution is put on it and the colour is compared with a chart printed on the box. A pH meter measures the pH with a glass probe dipped in the solution and shows it as a number, to one or two decimal places.

Measuring a pH with a pH meter: the glass probe dips in the solution, which is gently stirred.
Measuring a pH with a pH meter: the glass probe dips in the solution, which is gently stirred.
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