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If you go from a pH of 8 to a pH of 9, how much more basic is that solution?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
pH is logarithmic: [H+] = 10^(-pH).
pH 8 → [H+] = 10^-8 M; pH 9 → [H+] = 10^-9 M.
So pH 9 has one-tenth the H+ (i.e., is 10 times more basic) than pH 8.