SOLUTION: why is logarithms used in finding ph vaule?

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Question 270140: why is logarithms used in finding ph vaule?
Answer by jsmallt9(3759)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Logarithms are exponents. And pH is the negative of the exponent of the concentration of H+ ions. So
pH = -log(concentration of h+)

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