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Question
What do you understand by
Permanent hard water
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Solution
Water containing sulphates and chlorides of magnesium and calcium is called permanent hard water.
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What causes the temporary and permanent hardness of water?
What are the causes for
Permanent hardness
Name the substance which makes water temporarily hard
Name the substance which makes water permanently hard.
Explain with equation, what is noticed when permanent hard water is treated with
Slaked time
How will you distinguish between temporary hard water and permanent hard water?
Using given sample of temporary and permanent hard water, soft water, ordinary soap, detergent and washing soda how would you distinguish between temporary hard water and permanent hard water?
Using given sample of temporary and permanent hard water, soft water, ordinary soap, detergent and washing soda how would you remove temporary hardness from water without using a chemical compound?
Using given sample of temporary and permanent hard water, soft water, ordinary soap, detergent and washing soda how would you remove temporary hardness and permanent hardness from water using a chemical compound?
State what are synthetic detergents. Explain experimentally how you will determine the advantage of synthetic detergents over soap using a sample of hard water.
Soap lathers well in hard water.
Give a reason for the following.
Hard water is not good for washing utensils.
What are the causes of temporary hardness and permanent hardness of water?
Why does hard water not form lather with soap?
The pleasant taste of drinking water is due to the presence of a dissolved substance which includes air, CO2, and minerals.
What is soft water?
Take samples of water from different sources (like a tube well, a lake, a pond, or a river) and pour equal quantities of each sample of water into different test tubes. Measure the height of water in each test tube with a scale. Add one or two drops of liquid soap to each test tube. Shake each test tube five times and observe the height of the lather in each sample. Record your observations in the table. Which water is soft? Which water is hard? Can you say why?
