The pH of rain water is $7$ . Is it true or false?

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Solution

Even clean, normal rain has a pH of about 5.6. This is because it reacts with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and forms mildly acidic carbonic acid before it becomes rain. Therefore the statement is false.

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