123 testing water for PH simple techniques

Common questions about how to test water for PH answered. What is pH and what is normal pH, how to check pH of water, Water monitoring pH, Precise laboratory measurement of pH method, how to test tap tater pH of water supply, pH measurement monitoring, Process pH measurements, Reference buffer solutions.

Firstly go to this link to know what does the PH meaning?

Why are you need to check and adjust the pH level of your water?
1. If your tap water become alkaline ph it may contain salts that may prone you to gallbladder stones or even kidney or hepatic stones
2. If your water becomes acidic pH it may be contaminated by some acids which harmful to the body tissues and affect the biological processes balance of the blood.
3. Freshwater for your fish thrive: if you are about fill your fish tank it is important to adjust the used water at proper pH for fish live and according to aquatic standards because as the pH rises it increases the toxicity of chemicals such as ammonia and this is harmful or even fatal to fish.

How do you test water ph of your tap or well?
1. Fill a glass cup by sample of water and keep it stands for room temperature stabilization.
2. you should have water testing strips or any commercial water testing kit or may you use digital pH meter for measuring the pH of the water.
3. Immerse one dry and valid single use pH strip (or digital ph meter) into the water container without stirring and get the strep out after 10 seconds.
4. Hold the immersed ph strip for 30-60 seconds then notice the sharp color.
5. Compare the color of the strip with the reference color gradation accompanied with the pH strip kit.
6. the result of pH test of water using pH strip kits give you the level of water pH but some methods to measuring the pH of water only give you two colors one represents the alkaline ph and another one for acidic pH water.

What the best equipment to testing water for pH?
1. High Accuracy pH Test Paper may be used to qualitatively (means the test give acidic or alkaline not the level or value of acidity or alkalinity) determine the pH of water.
2. Testing water pH level by using digital ph meter.
3. Water pH Strips whether the Triple Pad pH Strips or single strips.
4. Specific conductors may be a tool to measure the ph of water by measuring the water conductivity.
5. Testing pH of water at home with simple way and easy method with Purple Cabbage where it turns from red color at acidic pH to purple color at alkaline pH.
6. Standard Test Methods for pH of Water testing by using seven different Reference Buffer Solutions, it is not adequate method.

What is the pH and what does the pH of water means?

PH is chemical test for water that does mean that the chemical reaction of water is either Acidic PH water or Basic PH water or Neutral PH water that also means there is acidic water and basic water and natural water, don't be confused; I will explain what does the acidity or basicity of water mean?

Basically the Natural water must be Neutral i.e. the PH of neutral water must fall in 7.2 to 7.4 where the water dose not has any color or special smell or specific taste, where the WHO recommended that Tap water PH should fall between (6.5-8.5).

Again we talk about Acidic water is that water of PH level from 1-7.1 and acidity increases as we go down to (PH level of 1), this acidity of water make the taste of water unpalatable.

The Basic water sometimes called alkaline water is that water of PH level (above 7.4 to 14), such alkaline water pH found in Saltwater and the taste of Basic water unpalatable too.

The pH drops at night and rises during the daytime.

According to Dissolved chemicals and minerals change the balance of H+ and OH- ions of water which altered the pH value of water.

Affect the solubility of trace elements, the ability of water to form scale (if alkaline pH or saltwater) or cause corrosion of metal (acidic water), and the ability of water to support the living organisms

What is the difference between ionised, distilled, purified water?
Distilled water and deionized (DI) water have been the most common forms of purified water, Distilled water is produced by a process of distillation and has an electrical conductivity of not more than 11 µS/cm and total dissolved solids of less than 10 mg/litre, thus it is including vaporization or boiling then condeensing water.

PH of Distilled water not exactly neutral because vaporisation will not remove many volatile oils which make a little change in water hydrogen logarithm (PH).

Deionized water, also known as demineralized water / DM water, (DI water, DIW or de-ionized water), is water that has had its mineral ions removed, such as cations like sodium, calcium, iron, and copper, and anions such as chloride and sulfate. Deionization is a chemical process that uses specially manufactured ion-exchange resins which exchange hydrogen ion and hydroxide ion for dissolved minerals, which then recombine to form water. Because the majority of water impurities are dissolved salts, deionization produces a high purity water that is generally similar to distilled water, and this process is quick and without scale buildup.

PH of deionized water is supposed to be neutral (ph=7.0)

Common methods to purify water are Reverse osmosis, carbon filtration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodialysis as well as distillation by boiling.

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