What happens for the concentration of H+ ions on dilution?
A given solution of an acid is diluted by adding more water. Thus, the overall volume of the solution increases. However, the number of hydrogen ions in solution remain the same. Therefore, the number of hydrogen ions per unit volume decreases and hence the concentration of hydrogen ions decreases. The concentration decreases because of the fact , that when water is added to a solution ,the ratio of amount of solute to the amount of water decreases.When we add water to an acid, the H+ ioncombines with water molecule thus producing hydronium ion (H3O+). ... When water is added to the solution, Volume of solution increase due to which ions per unit Volume decrease resulting decrease inconcentration of H+ ions.
This can be understood in a simple way, If you have 1 litre of water and add one gram of salt. The concentration of salt in solution will be 0.001 gram per ml. But when you add more water to this solution, say 1 litre . The amount of water in the solution will become 2 litre and concentration will decrease to 0.0005 gram