The 100th anniversary of pH (1909-2009). Negative logarithms for measuring hydrogen ions: are they essential in medicine? Part I

Introduction: It has been 100 years since the concept of pH (1909-2009) was ‘‘invented’’ by the Danish chemist-mathematician Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen (1868-1939) in the chemistry laboratories of the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen. The anniversary provides an opportunity to examine the crucial i...

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Main Authors: Francesco Sgambato, Sergio Prozzo, Ester Sgambato, Rosa Sgambato, Luca Milano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/120