Question

Use your understanding of free hydrogen and hydroxide ions in solution to explain why distilled water (pure H2O) would have a “neutral” pH (or a pH of 7.0)

Answer 1

With all of this in mind, then, it would make sense if distilled water had a neutral pH of 7. The distillation process removes nearly all of its ionic, mineral and organic impurities, making it one of the purest forms of water available.