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  2. Calcium Lime Rust - Wikipedia

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    Calcium Lime Rust, more commonly known as CLR, is a household cleaning product used for dissolving stains, such as calcium, lime, and iron oxide deposits. Ingredients [ edit ]

  3. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    The surface of human skin has a light charge that the soap tends to bind with, requiring more effort and a greater volume of water to remove. [4] Hard water contains calcium or magnesium ions that form insoluble salts upon reacting with soap, leaving a coating of insoluble stearates on tub and shower surfaces, commonly called soap scum. [4] [5]

  4. Lime softening - Wikipedia

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    Lime softening (also known as lime buttering, lime-soda treatment, or Clark's process) [1] is a type of water treatment used for water softening, which uses the addition of limewater (calcium hydroxide) to remove hardness (deposits of calcium and magnesium salts) by precipitation.

  5. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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    Stain removal is the process of removing a mark or spot left by one substance on a specific surface like a fabric. A solvent or detergent is generally used to conduct stain removal and many of these are available over the counter.

  6. Soap scum - Wikipedia

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    Soap scum or lime soap is the white solid composed of calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, and similar alkaline earth metal derivatives of fatty acids. These materials result from the addition of soap and other anionic surfactants to hard water .

  7. Descaling agent - Wikipedia

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    Limescale build-up inside a pipe reduces both liquid flow and thermal conduction from the pipe, so will reduce thermal efficiency when used as a heat exchanger.. A descaling agent or chemical descaler is a liquid chemical substance used to remove limescale from metal surfaces in contact with hot water, such as in boilers, water heaters, and kettles.

  8. Agricultural lime - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural lime, also called aglime, agricultural limestone, garden lime or liming, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk. The primary active component is calcium carbonate . Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral source and may include calcium oxide .

  9. Lime sulfur - Wikipedia

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    Lime sulfur reacts with strong acids (including stomach acid) to produce highly toxic hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg gas) and indeed usually has a distinct "rotten egg" odor to it. Lime sulfur is not flammable but can release highly irritating sulfur dioxide gas when in a fire. Safety goggles and impervious gloves must be worn while handling lime ...