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Is water an acid or a base? (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (8 children)

What is the PH of the water? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

About 7. Fun fact i did not know before research, at 100 C waters pH can go as low as 6.14.

https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Acids_and_Bases/Acids_and_Bases_in_Aqueous_Solutions/The_pH_Scale/Temperature_Dependence_of_the_pH_of_pure_Water

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh! So that's why hot water burns you!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I know it's a joke and all, but it's not just the pH that makes something burn. A regular coke has a pH of around 2.5, for example.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah? Then explain the sensation my sphincter feels upon butt-chugging three cans of coke, smart guy?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe that's caused by the CO2, but I'd have to test to be sure, brb.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They still aren't back... Oh god, did you do 4 cans?! Everyone knows you can't do 4 cans!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Now you tell me?!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know, I heard that coke can burn a hole in your septum

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