Hard and Soft Water

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Hard and Soft Water: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Hard Water, Soft Water, Removing Permanent Hardness of Water by Calgon's Method & Removing Permanent Hardness of Water by Synthetic Resins etc.

Important Questions on Hard and Soft Water

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Which of the following groups of ions makes the water hard?

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Which one of the following processes will produce hard water?

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Hardness of water is 200 ppm. The normality of CaCO3 in the water is in the form of y×10-3. Identify y.

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Assertion (A) : Permanent hardness of water is removed by treatment with washing soda.

Reason (R) : Washing soda reacts with soluble magnesium and calcium sulphate to form insoluble carbonates.

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Which of the following is the reagent commonly used to determine the hardness of water by complexometric titration?

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What necessary modification should be made in the synthetic resin method, so that the anion exchanger is not required?

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Which one of the following processes produces hard water?

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What necessary modification should be made in the synthetic resin method, so that the anion exchanger is not required?

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Polyphosphates are used as water softening agents because they 

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Which one of the following processes produces hard water?

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Which of the following is the reagent commonly used to determine the hardness of water by complexometric titration?

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Permanent hardness of water can be removed by 

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Treatment with lime can remove hardness of water caused by

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When temporary hard water containing magnesium and calcium hydrogen carbonate is boiled, the precipitate formed contains ________

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Permanent hardness of water, due to the presence of MgSO4,can be removed by using ____________
(i) Washing soda.
(ii) Calgon's method.
(iii) Boiling.
(iv) Table salt.

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Hard water is harmful for

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How the permanent hardness is removed?

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Why hard water is not suitable for washing clothes? Explain with equation.

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Write a short note on advantage of soft and hard water.

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How can the temporary hardness of water removed? Explain with the equation.