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Ph vs Pyranine - What's the difference?

ph | pyranine |

In chemistry terms the difference between ph and pyranine

is that ph is the negative of the logarithm to the base 10 of the concentration of hydrogen ions, measured in moles per liter; a measure of acidity or alkalinity of a substance, which takes numerical values from 0 (maximum acidity) through 7 (neutral) to 14 (maximum alkalinity) while pyranine is a hydrophilic, pH-sensitive fluorescent arylsulfonate dye.

As an abbreviation pH

is the negative of the logarithm to the base 10 of the concentration of hydrogen ions, measured in moles per liter; a measure of acidity or alkalinity of a substance, which takes numerical values from 0 (maximum acidity) through 7 (neutral) to 14 (maximum alkalinity).

As a noun pyranine is

a hydrophilic, pH-sensitive fluorescent arylsulfonate dye.

ph

Translingual

(wikipedia pH)

Symbol

(head)
  • (chemistry) Measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.
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    pyranine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia pyranine)
  • (chemistry) A hydrophilic, pH-sensitive fluorescent arylsulfonate dye.