Re: pH of acids
lledbrook wrote:If I dilute a 1M concentration of HCl what will happen to its pH
An important piece of information, you've not posted is the extent of the dilution. If you mix 1 ml of the acid with 1 ml of water, the pH will hardly change at all, as water does not buffer the acid.
Under these conditions, the pH will be 1-2.
Now, if you take 1 ml of the acid and drop it into the ocean, the pH of the ocean will NOT become 1-2, will it? O f course not.
The pH of the whole ocean will not change, after the acid mixes with the ocean water.
So, before you can answer your posted question, you must post the vol of the water and HCl that are involved.