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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I bet it stands for Peter, that cheeky bugger.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I really think it's "potato"...

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

What does the h stand for?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Hydrogen, pH is "potential of hydrogen" or "power of hydrogen."

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago
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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

He IS the guy

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(Not sure if the humour went over my head and I'm explaining something that wasn't meant to be taken seriously. If it is humour, then I imagine it's because knowing what the H stands for is a lot less exciting than knowing what the p stands for. If it isn't humour, you may read the following words.)

Because that's what it measures. It measures the amount of H⁺ ions (which are simply protons if we are talking about protium which is the most common hydrogen isotope) by volume on a logarithmic scale.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Probably hydrogen

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It just stands for pee, as in 'almost all pee and no h'.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It stands for punani. pH = punani health.

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