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the ph of a specific household cleaner is approximately 11.0 How many times greater is the OH- in this cleaner than in an ammonia solution which has an approximate pH of 8

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pH is based on a logarithmic scale, so every number is 10 times that of the one under it. For instance, say 8 has 10 OH-. This means that 11 should have 10000 OH-.

It has 10^3 times the amount of OH ions.
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