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It almost never is. BUT

(pH stands for potential hydrogen)

pH is a (negative of) the log of the number of positive ions in the water.

At 25 degrees C, thermal agitation in pure water will produce 10 to the minus 7 (moles of) ions per liter,

thus pH 7 (at 37 degrees it's 7.4)

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That is a mathematical consequence of the dissociation of water into H30+ and OH- ions, which is a concentration of approx 1 times 10 to the power of -7 of each ion in pure water.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

Because it is. Some things "just are". This is one of them. The dissociation constant of water at 24oC just happens to be 1x10-14, so the pH is 7.

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