It's a contraction for the partial pressure of hydrogen (ion),
IIRC.
pathos wrote:
>> In article <3861193C.C13E6AD4 at wgn.net>, vdrake at wgn.net (Vernon Drake) wrote:
>> > Could someone tell me what the letters pH stand for?
>> I think it means "pons hydrous" but I never took latin so do not hold be
> to it. Now if it were a greek word, I would have no problem.
>> Peter Pediaditakis
> University of Pittsburgh
> Dept. of Pathology
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