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  3. Geosmin - Wikipedia

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    Geosmin (/ dʒ i ˈ ɒ z m ɪ n / jee-OZ-min) is an irregular sesquiterpenoid with a distinct earthy or musty odor, which most people can easily smell. The geosmin odor detection threshold in humans is very low, ranging from 0.006 to 0.01 micrograms per liter in water. [1]

  4. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes

  5. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    Around 2015 and 2017, some manufacturers [97] [98] [99] (namely Samsung and LG Electronics) offered washers and dryers that either have a top-loading washer and dryer built on top of a front-loading washer and dryer respectively (in Samsung washers and dryers) or offer users an optional top-loading washer that can be installed under a washer or ...

  6. Dishwasher salt - Wikipedia

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    Dishwasher salt is a particular grade of granulated, crystalline sodium chloride intended for regenerating the water softener circuit of household or industrial dishwashers. Analogous to water softener salt, dishwasher salt regenerates ion exchange resins, expelling the therein trapped calcium and magnesium ions that characterize hard water.

  7. Wet scrubber - Wikipedia

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    The term wet scrubber describes a variety of devices that remove pollutants from a furnace flue gas or from other gas streams. In a wet scrubber, the polluted gas stream is brought into contact with the scrubbing liquid, by spraying it with the liquid, by forcing it through a pool of liquid, or by some other contact method, so as to remove the pollutants.

  8. Phosgene - Wikipedia

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    It is a toxic, colorless gas; in low concentrations, its musty odor resembles that of freshly cut hay or grass. [7] It can be thought of chemically as the double acyl chloride analog of carbonic acid , or structurally as formaldehyde with the hydrogen atoms replaced by chlorine atoms.

  9. Cork taint - Wikipedia

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    Chemical structure of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), the compound primarily responsible for cork taint. Cork taint is a broad term referring to an off-odor and off-flavor wine fault [1] arising from the presence of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), a chemical compound that represents one of the strongest off-flavors, and one "generated naturally in foods/beverages", in particular wines, that ...