Freelancing is not just a U.S. phenomenon, but is now spreading around the world. 1  There are approximatly 53 million freelancers in the U.S. contributing $715 billion in earnings to the national economy. 2  80% of all workers in the U.S. surveyed said they would do work on the side if it came to them to earn extra money.
pH value. A number denoting the degree of acidity or of basicity (alkalinity); 7 is a neutral value; acidity increases with decreasing values below 7; basicity increases with increasing values above 7.
The Effective Range of the pH Scale. It is common that the pH scale is argued to range from 0-14 or perhaps 1-14, but neither is correct. The pH range does not have an upper nor lower bound, since as defined above, the pH is an indication of concentration of H +.