Soil pH Soil pH Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. pH is defined as the negative logarithm (base 10) of the activity of hydronium ions ( or, more precisely, ) in a solution. In soils, it is measured in a slurry of soil mixed with water (or a salt solution, such as 0.01 M ), and normally falls between 3 and 10, with 7 being neutral. Acid soils have a pH below 7 and alkaline soils have a pH above 7. Ultra-acidic soils (pH < 3.5) and very strongly alkaline soils (pH > 9)
Dry ice color show is mixed together with the alkali present in the solution, the solution, overall, becomes neutral. HCO + H + NH + OH NH + HCO + HO (addition of ammonia) HCO + H + Na + OH Na + HCO + HO (addition of sodium hydroxide) The color of the solution changes due to the universal indicator, a pH detector. Once the alkali-to-acid universal indicator is incorporated into the solution, the color of the solution changes corresponding to the acidic color of the universal indicator. The color of ammonia and water only is green. However, once the dry ice is