Bill Schramm wrote:

>  <?fontfamily><?param Courier New><?bigger>You can repeat your
> experiments with hydrochloric acid.  It is available in paint and
> hardware stores in industrial grade where it is called "Muriatic Acid"
> and is used to remove lime and scale (it also does a good job of
> removing your skin, clothing, etc. so be careful) .  Out of the bottle
> it is about pH minus 1.
>
> Minus 1?  ph is a logarithm and cannot be negative.
>
> Marshall