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TIL that no one knows what the "p" in "pH" stands for

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Urban legends of chemistry | Nature Chemistry

"Power" (or "Potenz" or "puissance") is the most common claim, but potential, pondus, and percent are also common. When the original author designated it, he implied that it was just a random mathematical letter, akin to x, and that it didn't stand for anything, although from context one could argue it stood for potential?

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