Question

If a chemical has a pH OF 3, how could you alter its pH value to be more basic?

Answer 1

If a chemical has a pH of 3, how could you change its pH value to be more basic? Adding water to a chemical will dilute the acid, thus lowering the pH value to more basic.

Answer 2

A chemical has a pH of 3, to alter the pH value to be more basic we need to add water to dilute it.

• Any pH value less than 7 is acidic and any value less than 7 is basic. So, pH 3 is acidic. Adding water to the chemical dilutes the acid  causes a decrease in Hydrogen ion concentration, thus making pH to be of more value and so the basicity of the chemical increases.
• Diluting the chemical with water makes the chemical more basic

• pH is the negative logarithm of Hydrogen ions concentration.