An industrial chemist is comparing the relative acidic strength of three different acidic wastewater samples from a manufacturing plant. They use a digital pH meter to measure the exact pH of each sample.
Explain why blue litmus paper would not be suitable to compare the acidic strength of these wastewater samples.
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