pH value | Chemical acids and bases
All aqueous solutions, including diluted alkalis and acids, have a certain pH value. The pH value means the number of H0 O+ ions in relation to the OH- ions on a logarithmic scale of 14 – 3. At pH 7 this ratio is 1:1.
At pH 6 it is 10:1, at pH 8 it is 1:10. Each pH level means a tenfold increase. At pH 14 the ratio is 1:10 million. at pH 1 it is 10 million: 1.
The pH value of an aqueous solution depends on a ratio and is not an absolute value. The character and strength of an acid or base (lye) is determined by the so-called acid or base residue.
For example, hydrochloric acid has a lot of Cl- ions available to have a corrosive effect. Or a sodium hydroxide solution has a lot of Na+ ions.
The graphic below symbolizes strong and weak aqueous solutions. The same pH value can mean completely different effects.
>Stomach acid to light caustic soda
>Cola to baking soda
>acidic to basic activated water from:
-Tap water hard
-Tap water soft
-deionized water
In the electrolytically obtained basic and acidic activated water, only those acid and alkali residues are present that were already present in drinking water, i.e. very small amounts in the range of a few milligrams/liter. Therefore, electro-activated drinking water cannot cause any harm to the body either externally or internally.
From top to bottom you can see strongly buffered and weakly buffered acidic and basic aqueous solutions, each with the same pH value, symbolized by the intensity of the color. The fewer minerals there are, the weaker the buffering.
Excerpt from the book by Karl Heinz Asenbaum: “Electro-activated water – An invention with extraordinary potential. Water ionizers from A – Z”, www.euromultimedia.de
