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Soft water is the term used to describe types of water that contain few or no calcium or magnesium ions. ...
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Hard water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chemistry of hard and soft water, with information about soaps, detergents, and water softening agents. ... I'm sure you've heard the terms 'hard water' and 'soft water', but do you know what they mean? Is one type of water somehow better than the other? What type of water do you have? Let's take a look at the definitions...
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Soft Water - less than 1 GPG ; Slightly hard - 1 to 3.5 GPG ; Moderately hard - 3.5 to 7 GPG ; Hard - 7 to 10.5 GPG ; Very Hard - 10.5 and higher GPG ; ... Using softened water has many advantages , but soft water does have disadvantages.
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#201 Hard & Soft Water; "Hard" water is water that contains an excessive amount of minerals. It can dry your skin, make your hair dull, and leave mineral deposits in sinks, around faucets and in pots and pans used to boil water.
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Soft water is neither healthy nor desirable for drinking! If you were a steam iron or a washing machine it would be great, but we are neither! There are good reasons you should not be drinking soft water!
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The only naturally "pure" water is in the stratosphere and as this comes to us through the atmosphere, as rain or snow, it picks up many impurities, such as dust and gases. ... This procedure is called "ion exchange" and it makes water "soft".
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