Introduction
Have you ever wondered what the pH of grass is? Well, we bet you haven’t, but we sure have! We wanted to know the pH of grass, and other liquids as well. We decided to measure the grass’ pH, as far too many people did temperature and we didn’t want to do the substrate concentration. Our hypothesis is the pH of the Ripgut Brome grass is around 8, on the alkaline side of neutral. “What even is a pH?” You might ask. Well, a pH is a figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale on which 7 is neutral, lower values are more acid, and higher values more alkaline. The pH is equal to -log10 c, where c is the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter. We would like to know the pH of different materials affect ripgut brome grass in the garden. The group, Bryce Magliari, Ben Fodor, Kela Moore, and JT Pappadakis. We are measuring the pH of the liquids using S/P ph Indicator Strips by Allegiance (a Cardinal Health company). We get the liquids out of the grass, either by crushing, or by cutting. We then hold out the pH pad, and the juices and liquids go on the 4 pads on the big pad. We then measure the pH levels on our scale.
5 ml of water for 2 grams of grass.
1 ml of extract=1 ml of pH liquid
pH of RG B grass: 8
pH of HCl 1: 2.2
pH of HCl 2: 4.2
pH of HCI 3: 6.0
pH of Distilled water: 7
pH of Na OH: 83
pH of Na OH 2: 11.3
