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  2. 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

  3. Trisodium phosphate - Wikipedia

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    It is a white, granular or crystalline solid, highly soluble in water, producing an alkaline solution. TSP is used as a cleaning agent, builder, lubricant, food additive, stain remover, and degreaser. [7] As an item of commerce TSP is often partially hydrated and may range from anhydrous Na 3 PO 4 to the dodecahydrate Na 3 PO 4 ·12H 2 O. Most ...

  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. Phosphates in detergent - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s scientists recognized that phosphates in water caused eutrophication. [23] There was disagreement at that time about whether water with high phosphate came to have the chemical because of somehow being polluted with it. [23] By the 1970s it was established that high phosphate levels in water were a consequence of pollution. [23]

  6. Calgon - Wikipedia

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    Calgon Water Management, sold to English China Clays in June 1993 for $307.5 million. [ 6 ] Calgon Vestal Laboratories, sold to Bristol-Myers Squibb in November 1994 for $261.5 million [ 7 ] and then to the Steris Corporation in 1996.

  7. Softener - Wikipedia

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    Softener may refer to: Fabric softener , a conditioner that is typically applied to laundry during the rinse cycle in a washing machine. Stool softener , anionic surfactants that enable additional water and fats to be incorporated in the stool, making it easier for them to move through the gastrointestinal tract.

  8. In-tank toilet cleaning tablet - Wikipedia

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    In-tank toilet cleaners (also known as toilet water tablets or drop-in toilet bowl cleaners) are tablets or cartridges that add chemicals to toilet tank water to reduce toilet bowl stains. They are commonly used to prevent toilet bowl stains from calcium , limescale , mold , etc. [ 1 ] Most contain chlorine bleach as its main active ingredient ...

  9. Measuring spoon - Wikipedia

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    Metric measuring spoons, 1–125 mL Measuring Spoons, 1 ⁄ 8 thru 1 tablespoon Micro scoops for measuring milligram units of compounds; 6–10 mg (black), 10–15 mg (red), 25–30 mg (yellow) A measuring spoon is a spoon used to measure an amount of an ingredient, either liquid or dry, when cooking. Measuring spoons may be made of plastic ...