[DBrow]

No, the pH of water is 7 (if pure). The pH of even dilute H2SO4 is 1 to 2- 7 is higher than 1, the pH of water is much higher than that of sulfuric acid.

The pH of something like household ammonia is on the order of 10-11 or more, higher than that of water.

pH is the negative log of the H+ concentration, and it works out that the equalibrium concentration of pure water is 1x10^-7, and the negative log of that is 7.

[DBrow]

Addendum- we do consider water to be neutral because the -oh concentration is also 1E-7 for pure water (since it's at equilibrium).

When someone mentions DHMO, it sure sounds scarier to say the pH is much higher than concentrated acid!

Do you know that you can't remove DHMO contamination from fruit by washing it?