The pH scale that is widely accepted and used by scientists didn't actually exist until 1909. Before then scientists had to rely on using adjectives to describe the acidity or basicity of a substance ...

How well do you remember the pH scale from chemistry class? Today’s Google Doodle presents a small interactive to jog your memory, and more importantly, celebrate Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen, the ...

The pH scale measures the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, ranging from 0 to 14, with values below 7 representing acidity, above 7 representing alkalinity, and 7 representing neutrality.

Google today honours Danish biochemist Soren Peder Lauritz Sorensen for his revolutionary work in introducing to the scientific community, the concept of the pH scale. The pH scale is a concept that ...

There’s a time for tongue-puckering lambics and Berliner Weisses, but most beer drinkers want something a little more balanced for day-to-day sipping. Thanks to the pH scale that Tuesday’s Google ...

However, water comes from different sources, like tap water or river water. These water samples have other substances dissolved in them. They might show up as slightly acidic or slightly alkaline ...

The Danish chemist was the head of Carlsberg Laboratory at the time of the scale's creation, and died in 1939 at 71 years old. Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered film and TV ...

Beer wasn’t always so consistant. Even the same producer’s brews could be wildly different in quality (Getty/iStock) Do you remember any chemistry from your schooldays? Dipping litmus paper into a ...

Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen, the trailblazing chemist who introduced the pH scale to the world, is celebrated in a Google Doodle. The Danish scientist introduced the scale as a method for testing the ...

Acid/base indicators are described and used to identify substances as acids or bases. Indicators and the pH Scale: Acid/base indicators are described and used to identify substances as acids or bases.

There’s a time for tongue-puckering lambics and Berliner Weisses, but most beer drinkers want something a little more balanced for day-to-day sipping. Thanks to the pH scale that Tuesday’s Google ...

The 1970’s was the decade that illuminated the threat of acid rain to the citizens of the US. It had been known to exist several years before, but the sources of the problem did their best to suppress ...