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UNC-Chapel Hill Calculator Fundamentals Program

Department of Chemistry

An interactive educational exercise


Applications in Science: pH Calculations


A student measures the concentration of hydroxyl ions (OH) in a solution as 3.4 x 10-11 M. What is the pOH value for this concentration?


pOH = -log[3.4 x 10-11]

pOH = -[-10.47] = 10.47


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