A superacid is an acid with an acidity greater than that of 100% pure sulfuric acid. The conventional pH scale is inadequate for these media. Instead, their acidity is measured using the Hammett acidity function, [latex]H_0[/latex]. This function is based on the protonation of weak indicator bases and is defined as [latex]H_0 = pK_{BH^+} – logleft(frac{[BH^+]}{[B]}}right)[/latex].





