pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a solution is. In pure water at room temperature, a small fraction (about two out of every billion) of the water molecules (H 2 O, or really, H-O-H) splits, or dissociates , spontaneously, into one positively charged hydrogen ion (H + ) and one negatively charged hydroxide ion (OH - ) each.For more information please log on http://cutt.us/4ObJ