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The corrosive properties of water are not affected by its hardness. This is a common misconception that can be explained by the types of source water that yield naturally soft or naturally hard water. If your water is naturally soft, there is a good chance it is also corrosive due to other factors.
Surface water sources that supply naturally soft water often have low (acidic) pH, low TDS (total dissolved solids), and high dissolved gas concentrations such as oxygen and CO2 that can contribute to corrosion. Naturally hard water often comes from a well and has higher pH, higher TDS, and lower dissolved gas concentrations. These correlations are due to the water source and are not caused by the hardness of the water.
If your water has been softened using sodium cycle ion exchange in a water softener, the corrosive properties of your water are not affected. A water softener removes calcium and magnesium ions and replaces them with an equivalent amount of sodium ions. This process has no significant effect on the corrosive properties of the treated water.
Removing hardness by reverse osmosis (RO) or deionization (DI) can significantly increase the corrosive properties of water because they both drastically decrease the dissolved solids in the water, and the latter can alter the pH. This sort of filtration is beyond the scope of the question.
You still must maintain the correct pH and alkalinity levels in your pool, though your water softener will not affect these levels. Your local pool supply store can furnish you with the proper test kits and chemicals to accomplish this.
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Why and how Deuterium is responsible for softening of water?
Water is not softened with deuterium.
How can hard water be softened?
run it through a water softener.
Describe how thermoplastics behave when heated?
Thermoplastics are softened by heating.
What type of plastic that can be softened when its heated to form shapes?
Thermoplastics
What can you do about hard water?
Hard water must be softened by boiling or by treatment with ion exchangers resins.
What can you do if you have over shocked your pool and the water looks like milk and feels like overly softened water?
My suggestion would be to dilute the water by draining 1/2 of it & refilling it with the wonderful spring water that you have. :O
Why do you boil the leaf?
to get softened.
How do you use the word softened in a sentence?
A moisturiser will soften your skin and make it glow.I added water to soften the mixture.If you give her flowers, she may soften her heart towards you.Soften means to make or become less hard/to make or become less severe. .
Pulp is softened wood fibers used to make what?
Pulp is softened wood fibers used to make paper.
What is softened margarine?
Sometimes margaine is hard when it's been in the fridge. Softened margarine is just that - soft margarine!
When did Kandinsky paint softened construction?
no he did not
How much does butter softened cost?
2.10
Should you drink water that has been softened?
Softened water is perfectly pure, wholesome and safe to drink. Some people especially like it because it has a "silkier" texture than hard water. Overly-softened water (unfortunately, rather common) has an unpleasantly "slick" taste and feel. Softened water has a higher sodium content than most plain tap water, but not excessively so, unless it has been excessively softened (as mentioned above). Properly softened water does not jeopardize your sodium intake if you are monitoring that, and your own doctor will verify that.
Why is white of eye softened?
it's the brightest color.
What is chewed moistened and softened food called?
a bolus
What are the characteristics of Thermoplastics?
They can be repeatedly softened by heat and hardened by cold
Describe how thermoplastics behave when heated?
Thermoplastics are softened by heating.
