How to find pH, pOH, H3O+, and OH- STEP BY STEP

Each step on how to find pH, pOH, [H+], and [OH-] is all explained in this video. Plus I'll even show you how to plug it into your calculator, and the specific significant figure rules with pH and pOH and at the end I'll give you a summary of when to use each formula!
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  • @melissamaribel
    @melissamaribel3 жыл бұрын

    If you need more help with this topic, I highly recommend my step by step Chemistry notes. You can purchase the complete guide here ➡️ melissa.help/acidbase1notes

  • @lilymeyers5312
    @lilymeyers53125 жыл бұрын

    why am i only learning about this the night before my final. oh my god. this is so amazing. she's better than my chem teacher at explaining things. thank you so much.

  • @voss666

    @voss666

    5 жыл бұрын

    ugh same sis my final is tomorrow too

  • @danieljacobs7288

    @danieljacobs7288

    3 жыл бұрын

    HAHA me too! hope you guys did well!

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    @mf4741

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes we sure do mine's tomorrow but your's 2 years ago

  • @Amber-me2wz

    @Amber-me2wz

    2 жыл бұрын

    mine is tomorrow lol

  • @PARACOSM9883

    @PARACOSM9883

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am the one who is watching it before 3 hours of exam .

  • @Ilovecheeze4eva
    @Ilovecheeze4eva5 жыл бұрын

    You are literally the reason I passed my chem class in the summer ! I recommend you to everyone I know taking chemistry this semester

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yay!! Congrats on passing especially in the summer! Thank you so much for recommending me I really appreciate your support 💕

  • @Ginfio

    @Ginfio

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

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    @tytheboss85284 жыл бұрын

    who else is here during Corona?

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    @ifoundmyberries4203

    4 жыл бұрын

    me....chem makes no sense and i'm so done

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    @abbysalazar4476

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @des-oe1vl

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @cowslane1
    @cowslane13 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for putting the formulas up! You're really good at filtering the extra info that might give context for more advanced students but easily confuses beginner students. I come to your channel to get a fundamental breakdown of my 2 hour lectures lol. So thank you!!

  • @ashleysantiago488
    @ashleysantiago4883 жыл бұрын

    i dont know what i would do without you melissa, when i get my degree i wish i can thank you in person. your literally my tutor

  • @ellabougher3226
    @ellabougher32264 жыл бұрын

    oh my gosh. THANK YOU. I've been staring at my textbook for hours over this and haven't been able to sort out which formula gives you what- the summary at the end was a LIFESAVER!

  • @ray.whitby
    @ray.whitby3 жыл бұрын

    You literally make the coolest videos ever. You taught me more in 5 minutes than my teacher could in 2 hours. Thanks!

  • @yasmanj9684
    @yasmanj96844 жыл бұрын

    I've been struggling learning this for weeks and now I learned them in 4 minutes. You are awesome ❣️

  • @Napalm832
    @Napalm8324 жыл бұрын

    The pOH, pH, H+ and OH- concentration conversions are at 3:04 You're so clutch for this!

  • @alondralozano176
    @alondralozano1765 жыл бұрын

    Why can’t I understand chemistry! I’m trying so hard and I just can’t my brain doesn’t work

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    @suraalsaeedi3822

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alondra Lozano same problem

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    @nataliamontserrat4519

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel u

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    @samdevatechno

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here too same problem

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    @user-my5jv2ei7g

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here

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    @nah_.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cause you're overthinking it

  • @freebird5202
    @freebird52024 жыл бұрын

    This woman is amazing!!!!!! Been stuck on a question like this for over an hours and pithing 2 mins of watching this I actually get it!!!! Thank you so much :)

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    @abbysalazar44764 жыл бұрын

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    @benheisen21352 жыл бұрын

    You can tell that you put a lot of heart into this, thank you.

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    @jaredwilliams15544 жыл бұрын

    was struggling with the concepts, but after watching this video it makes sense. Thank you Melissa Maribel

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    @christiancalcaben94532 жыл бұрын

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    @matthewsoliz56253 жыл бұрын

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    @angelidez134 жыл бұрын

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    @zahoosen3215 жыл бұрын

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  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are a wonderful human being for noticing!! 💕Thank you so much I'm so happy chem can be fun, what a concept right?!

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    @zahoosen321

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @brockfell6087
    @brockfell60874 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video. It really helped!!! I can now just use the formulas and figure out the answers instead of struggling. Thank you!

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    @mukumbosimpito15712 ай бұрын

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  • @pandamilktea2474
    @pandamilktea24743 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful! 💗 I love how you explain it step by step in a simple way. My chemistry teacher can be a all over the place sometimes. 😅

  • @jujuuu9606
    @jujuuu9606 Жыл бұрын

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    @Anna87655 жыл бұрын

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    @aleidaberumen97943 жыл бұрын

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  • @isabellakeebler3960
    @isabellakeebler39602 ай бұрын

    This video helped me understand the formula so much!

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    @thestig5604 жыл бұрын

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  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! 😊

  • @Jessetheoutdoorman
    @Jessetheoutdoorman4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this awesome video! I always have trouble figuring out what formula to use! you broke it down barney style, my kinda style! Cheers!

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    @AmberZaidi-syeda4 ай бұрын

    Literally you're amazing tutor more than our school teachers 😊🎉

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    @smalls17135 жыл бұрын

    Im literally crying thank you for this.

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

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    @selinebre Жыл бұрын

    I’m taking bio 103 and Chem 104 this helps a lot 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 especially with exams around the corner.

  • @narwhalguy3829
    @narwhalguy38293 жыл бұрын

    thank you melissa. i just understood how to do this and i have a test soon. thanks so much. i liked and subscribed

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    @doodletate4 жыл бұрын

    youre a better teacher than my actual chem teacher god bless

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    @KahaleNaturals3 жыл бұрын

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    @drewwhite92803 жыл бұрын

    Literally you’re the reason I’m passing AP chem

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    @chakupalezaphiri44923 жыл бұрын

    At this point you are my guru in chemistry 😭thanks so much

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    @rahma40433 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god thank you so much for this video Melissa!!!

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    @jericomhar5 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS SO HELPFUL! THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFEEEEE!!! 💕💕💕💕😭😭😭😭

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    So happy to hear 😊

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    @nachocheeze68404 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!! Very helpful and clear to understand.

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    @bwalyamulenga78522 жыл бұрын

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    @1alex922 жыл бұрын

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    @joannaseverson39773 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely the best!! Wish you were my instructor!!

  • @melissekristine8428
    @melissekristine84284 жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE AMAZING AT EXPLAINING THANK YOU!!!

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    @Eb0nut2 жыл бұрын

    Just found your video after struggling with these equations for like 2 hours-- you've saved my grades haha.

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    @user-ek9xc3oj5t11 ай бұрын

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    @LeoSandovalOficial5 жыл бұрын

    🤷🏽‍♂️ im lost!!1 great video :)

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gracias Leo! 😊I'm sure you're thankful you aren't taking Chemistry 😂

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    @LeoSandovalOficial

    5 жыл бұрын

    aim very thankful , 😂

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    @ali.happy4u2993 жыл бұрын

    Your jus beyond amazing thank you so much college chem has been so hard cause we learn one thing in class and it’s different on the hw

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    @mintgreen83963 жыл бұрын

    Oh now I get it. Thank you so much!

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    @jasonw34044 жыл бұрын

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    @haddarcheema43062 жыл бұрын

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    @m.imogen2333 жыл бұрын

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    @Emmaherbst0822 жыл бұрын

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  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aww thank you for noticing!

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    @smellydonut50884 жыл бұрын

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    @alexisbenitez1616 Жыл бұрын

    You just saved my life

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    @tomahawk90482 жыл бұрын

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    @towsifbillah8342 ай бұрын

    you lietrally saved my 30 mins thanks

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    @fatimahussam66243 жыл бұрын

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    @Glimpseoflight_4 жыл бұрын

    😭 you’ve saved me thank you

  • @youareloved9869
    @youareloved98692 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Melissa. You are amazing

  • @Dalmaciooo
    @Dalmaciooo Жыл бұрын

    why if I calculate 10^(-10.61) it shows 24.55 but on your solution it shows 2.5 is there something wrong about my calculator?

  • @ketzbook
    @ketzbook2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I haven't made a video on this yet, and I needed to share one with my students. Going through all the youtube pH videos, this was the only one that was both correct and understandable.

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey it's Ketzbook!!! 🎉

  • @ketzbook

    @ketzbook

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@melissamaribel yup, thanks for your vid ;)

  • @theamazingglacr51
    @theamazingglacr514 жыл бұрын

    How do you calculate for these (pH, pOH, H3O+, and OH-) if a value in M is given?

  • @memememe2488
    @memememe24884 жыл бұрын

    i understand.. you are the best teacher😍😍😍😍😍😍 i am from bangadesh

  • @malg.3149
    @malg.31495 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for helping with chemistry!

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

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    @toofbrash3 жыл бұрын

    i literally love u thank u sm bae

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    @syedbaber35873 жыл бұрын

    Thank You So much This helped!

  • @816jayshon
    @816jayshon2 жыл бұрын

    i have zero interest in chemistry which is probably why it’s so hard for me to learn, but 4 minutes from your vid made more sense then all the notes I had to look through😂thanks

  • @Fignewton8790
    @Fignewton87904 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful

  • @austinschwartz7424
    @austinschwartz74243 жыл бұрын

    test in three hours your a life saver

  • @estascosasraras
    @estascosasraras2 жыл бұрын

    minute 2:36, How do you do the division of 1x10-14/3.1x10-9? I thought yo had to subtract the coefficients? I must be doing something wrong I get -5 not -6. Please help Melissa. PS thank you so much for all this work. Wait a second I got it, it is the rounding, I was using 3.1 not 3. Got it

  • @chloerinell784
    @chloerinell7844 жыл бұрын

    Really? It's THAT simple? WHY must they make it so hard. Melissa you're a saint!

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aw thanks Chloe, so happy it's a lot easier now :)

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd76392 жыл бұрын

    this is a great video

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    @adequatetricks27282 жыл бұрын

    You are my savior

  • @gtigio5067
    @gtigio50673 жыл бұрын

    Instead of me watching over an hour and a half of zoom video lectures for my test tonight I just watched this😂

  • @crumbcricket
    @crumbcricket Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!!!

  • @lmdrob5523
    @lmdrob55235 жыл бұрын

    In 2nd Q: problem b -- where did you get [OH-] = 3 x 10^-6? I got 10^-5 M?

  • @justinpenn1081

    @justinpenn1081

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did too

  • @luislopez1856
    @luislopez18563 жыл бұрын

    Hi Melissa, I was wondering if the part where you calculated H30+ is at 1:20?

  • @FeedMeJuice
    @FeedMeJuice3 жыл бұрын

    Ok but how do you get the log for 1.0x10^-2? Someone help please! Because I still don't get it 😔

  • @isabelladellagatta5050
    @isabelladellagatta50503 жыл бұрын

    on the link to the free chem guide, I cant see a form to download it :( help please

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Email me at hello@melissamaribel.com and I’ll take care of that 😊

  • @paulettewie2355
    @paulettewie23554 жыл бұрын

    How many times stronger is the hydrogen ion concentration of pH 4 solution as compared with a pH 9 solution

  • @souphaphone68
    @souphaphone684 жыл бұрын

    May I ask some question, Suppose if we have hydrolysis ammonia NH4+ NH3 + H+ Kh = [NH3][H+]/[NH4] = 10^-9 mol/L To 1 liter of pure water, 1mmol of ammonium chloride was dissolved, and pH was adjusted to 9 using sodium hydroxide. What will be the concentrations of ammonium ion and free ammonia?

  • @zubairalvi727
    @zubairalvi7273 жыл бұрын

    Awesome 👌

  • @talaa.z5393
    @talaa.z53935 жыл бұрын

    Hello! This was a really helpful video. I'm currently in chemistry Higher Level in the IB system and we are learning about weak acid and base dissociation constants (ka, kb, pKa, pKb) and their calculations and I was wondering if you had a video about that or if you can make one as I'm finding them rather difficult.

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Perfect timing on my next Live session this Sunday at 12PM PST, I will be going over how to find the Ka and Kb. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ao6Ay8idf7LgoaQ.html

  • @lunaogul1212
    @lunaogul12124 жыл бұрын

    Soooooo simple thank you

  • @ashleysantiago488
    @ashleysantiago4883 жыл бұрын

    thank you !!!!!!

  • @Jajsnsjsn
    @Jajsnsjsn20 күн бұрын

    How did you get the 3.39

  • @Portokallejo
    @Portokallejo7 ай бұрын

    Can anyone explain me is there a formula about h3O+

  • @e.g.june.
    @e.g.june.4 жыл бұрын

    they are making us do this for 7th grade online school and don’t explain it well enough and i’m coming to this video after a mental breakdown from it 😎

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope this video helped!

  • @johnmweenge2697
    @johnmweenge26973 ай бұрын

    You make things easier.... Can you make a video on molecular orbital diagram please 😢🙏🙏. You make me understand

  • @jordanramirez5034
    @jordanramirez50344 жыл бұрын

    This helped sm

  • @angiedouglas2743
    @angiedouglas2743 Жыл бұрын

    I have not done calculations like this in a number of years and it would be really helpful if someone would step through exactly what you select on your graphing calculator and also going the reverse; if I have the [OH-], then what do I plug in to get to [H+].

  • @fayebariuan2232
    @fayebariuan22323 жыл бұрын

    Whats the formula for ( H subscrip 2 O positive) ?

  • @schroding3rinkedisi
    @schroding3rinkedisi2 жыл бұрын

    This is not fair! Some people wrote in the comments that they watched this video before they entered the university finals. And the problem is that I have to learn this as a high school student in Turkey. Moreover, this is known as one of the easiest subjects! It wears me out that I can't even go to university without knowing these chemical calculations.

  • @kylasimilatan5984
    @kylasimilatan59843 жыл бұрын

    Can u explain further how’d you find the pH 3.39?

  • @wroit12
    @wroit125 жыл бұрын

    Finals are coming up and your videos, along with the step by step notes I purchased, have definitely helped me feel more confident about these exams! Going to put all of this to use tomorrow, Thanks Melissa! Hopefully I pass because I need to graduate in 2 1/2 weeks lol

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good luck on your exam tomorrow! Happy to hear the videos and notes are helping you feel more confident 😊

  • @wroit12

    @wroit12

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@melissamaribel I got an 88% !! Thank you so much!!

  • @melissamaribel

    @melissamaribel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉