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Do you need to lower or raise the pH of water to prevent limescale?
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∙ 14y ago
Hi pH causes scaling
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What is the definition of water conditioning?
Water conditioning counteracts the hardness in water to prevent a build up of limescale. It differs from water softening in that softening removes minerals from the water, whereas conditioning doesn't.
How is limescale produced?
limescale is produced by acids and alakilies
What plumbing system byproduct is most directly linked to hard water?
Carbon Dioxide.
How hard water Is produced?
You might be talking about ice but hard water is sourced from limescale rock and the limescale is in the water and that is what you get in your kettle when you dont filter the hard water.
What is another name for limescale in kettles?
The limescale is a poor conductor of heat and makes the boiling of water more difficult and expensive. The limescale affects heat transfer.
What is water with limescale dissolved in it called?
You think probable to hard water.
What does adding caustic soda to water raise or lower the pH?
I'm a chemist waste water operator and we use caustic soda to raise pH levels and sulfuric acid to lower pH levels
Where does kettle limescale come from?
limescale is caused by the reversal of the reaction that takes place to make hard water that contains high levels of calcium and magnesium when the reaction is reversed this is what causes limescale. to test for hard water use a block of standard soap and if the soap makes scum the water is hard water if it creates bubbles it is soft water
Why does limescale form on the inside of kettles?
put simply limescale is caused by the reversal of the reaction that takes place to make hard water that contains high levels of calcium and magnesium when the reaction is reversed this is what causes limescale. to test for hard water use a block of standard soap and if the soap makes scum the water is hard water if it creates bubbles it is soft water
Goes salt lower boiling temperature of water?
Salt will lower the melting point, and raise the boiling point of water.
Which liquid would be most difficult to raise or lower the temp of?
Water.
Why is limescale a problem in water pipes?
because it get all the stuff stuck in it lul
