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Acidic solutions

If extra H+ ions are added to the beaker, what will happen to the solution?

Any solution with more H+ than OH- is said to contain free H+ ions and is acidic.

The definition of an acid is: “A substance with free hydrogen ions (H+) in solution.”

Acids have a pH < (less than) 7.

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