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Find the amount of hydrogen in a liter of acid rain that has a pH of 5.5 math

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To calculate hydronium concentration from pH, type on you calculator

10 to the power of negative pH value

10^-5.5 = 3•10^6 mol/L

Since there are 3 hydrogens in every hydronium molecule,

There are 9 • 10^6 hydrogens in that liter of acid.

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