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Pm — Oil & Gas Glossary

A chemical property of an aqueous system that implies that there are more hydroxyl ions (OH-) in the system, or a potential to produce more hydroxyl ions, than there are hydrogen ions (H+), or potential to produce hydrogen ions.

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