Question

If the pH of vinegar is 3.0, what is the concentration of H+ in vinegar?

Answer 1

Answer: The concentration of $H^{+}$ ions in vinegar is 0.001 M.

Explanation:

Given: pH = 3.0

pH is the negative logarithm of concentration of hydrogen ion.

The expression for pH is as follows.

$pH = - log [H^{+}]$

Substitute the value into above expression as follows.

$pH = - log [H^{+}]\\3.0 = - log [H^{+}]\\conc. of H^{+} = antilog (- 3.0)\\= 0.001 M$

Thus, we can conclude that the concentration of $H^{+}$ ions in vinegar is 0.001 M.