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Hard water

Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water"). Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum, which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates and sulfates.

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Hard water

Nodes163
Edges162
Triples66
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01227
Components1

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Hard water

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related to United States · 22
Hard water → Alaska, American, Arizona, California, Colorado, Great Lakes, Gulf, Hard, Hawaii, Kansas, Moderately, More, Nevada, New England, New Mexico, Pacific Northwest, South Atlantic, Tennessee, Texas, The
related to Ireland · 11
Hard water → CaCO, EU, Ireland, Mandatory Limit Values, Moderately Hard, Recommended, Reference, Section, The, The EPA, These
related to Permanent hardness · 6
Hard water → Ca2, Common, Mg2, Rainwater, The, Usually
related to Health considerations · 5
Hard water → Council, In, Some, The World Health Organization, United States National Research
related to Softening · 5
Hard water → Ca2, For, In, Most, Where
has effect · 3
Hard water → Hardness, Synthetic, With
related to South Africa · 3
Hard water → South Africa, The, This

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water calcium hardness hard magnesium carbonate ppm soft ions caco3 mg scale lsi also cations ph softening england dissolved temperature

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
calciuminstance ofsnow and other forms of precipitation typically have low concentrations of divalent cations0.80text
magnesiuminstance ofsnow and other forms of precipitation typically have low concentrations of divalent cations0.80text
sodiuminstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
chlorideinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
sulfate derived from wind action over the sea.Where precipitation falls in drainage basins formed of hardinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
imperviousinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
calcium-poor rocksinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
only very low concentrations of divalent cations are foundinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
the water is termed soft waterinstance ofThey may have small concentrations of ions0.80text
sodium or potassium ions.Washing sodainstance ofby twice the number of mono cations0.80text
water heatersinstance ofespecially in cases0.80text
Hard waterhas effectWith0.60section

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