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De Svante Arrhenius ao peagâmetro digital: 100 anos de medida de acidez

2007; Brazilian Chemical Society; Volume: 30; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-40422007000100038

1678-7064

Michelle da Silva Gama, Júlio Carlos Afonso,

Chemistry Education and Research

ACIDITY MEASUREMENT.This work describes the establishment of the concept of pH and the evolution of its measurement.The origin of the pH definition can be found in the development of the chemistry of aqueous solutions during the XIXth century.The electrolytic dissociation theory by Svante Arrhenius played a central role.After the proposal of the pH scale by Sörensen, many years were necessary for the acceptance of this new parameter among chemists in general.Its importance was first recognized in biochemistry and related areas.Twenty years after, its importance had been recognized in many industrial and laboratorial practices.The previous methods were based on colorimetric and electrometric methods, but both suffered from many problems.Acceptance of pH in Chemistry was only possible after the development of experimental trustable measurements.The invention of the pH meter was the primordial step.