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Australian Water Information Dictionary

pH

Value that represents the acidity or alkalinity of an aqueous solution. It is defined as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration of the solution.

This definition applies to:

• Glossary for Water data: National Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
• Glossary for Water data: Environmental Information Explorer

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