Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water"). Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone...

up hard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hard may refer to Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture Hard water, water with...

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...

in the CPAP machine evaporates the water. It is also possible for brewers to blend distilled water with hard water to mimic the soft waters of Pilsen...

Hard seltzer, adult seltzer, mature seltzer, spiked seltzer and hard sparkling alcohol water is a type of highball drink containing seltzer (carbonated...

or soda water, as opposed to tap water. The more calcium and magnesium ions that are dissolved in water, the harder it is said to be; water with few...

that for hot water. It is also often found as a similar deposit on the inner surfaces of old pipes and other surfaces where hard water has flowed. Limescale...

cooked with their shells unbroken, usually by immersion in boiling water. Hard-boiled or hard-cooked eggs are cooked so that the egg white and egg yolk both...

alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble in hard water, because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar...

which decomposes in water, yielding fluoride ions. Water conditioning: This is a method of reducing the effects of hard water. In water systems subject to...

ingredient in agricultural lime and is produced when calcium ions in hard water react with carbonate ions to form limescale. It has medical use as a calcium...

result from the addition of soap and other anionic surfactants to hard water. Hard water contains calcium and magnesium ions, which react with the surfactant...

White Claw Hard Seltzer is an alcoholic seltzer water beverage manufactured by Mark Anthony Group. The beverage was introduced in 2016 and is sold in 12...

Magnetic water treatment (also known as anti-scale magnetic treatment or AMT) is a method of supposedly reducing the effects of hard water by passing...

concentrated solutions of surfactants and water softeners, which enhance the behavior of surfactant in hard water. Typical surfactants are alkylbenzene sulfonates...

lending a sweet taste to hard water, but there are many factors of a perceived taste in water besides mineral contents. Heavy water lacks the characteristic...

This is known as the hard water effect, because it is often associated with calcium ions, which are characteristic of hard water; however, there can be...

a chemical to reduce the surface tension of the water, is used to reduce water spots from hard water or other reasons. In addition to domestic units,...

Huddersfield and Manchester. There must be a good water supply nearby. In hard water areas, water softening plant may have been considered necessary...

to the surface. The water acquires small quantities of the minerals calcium and magnesium and this makes the water slightly hard (alkaline). The rock...

submerged, attached to the muddy bottom. They prefer less oxygenated and hard water and are not found in waters where mosquito larvae are present. They are...

orange-coloured pack. However, it retains a hard water variant in green-coloured packs to cater for those who live in hard water areas of the UK. When Safeway was...

generally denoted by the word "water". The solid phase of water is known as ice and commonly takes the structure of hard, amalgamated crystals, such as...

comics, Jay Garrick gained his speed-enhancing abilities by inhaling hard water vapor during a lab experiment. This accident granted him superhuman speed...

humidifiers that boil water, these water droplets will contain any impurities that are in the reservoir, including minerals from hard water (which then forms...

to treat water, which makes it useful in improving the effectiveness of soaps and laundry detergents. By chelating the metals in hard water, it lets these...

species named for him. Common names by which the species may be called are hard water fern - from its stiff leathery fronds, leech fern - as forest workers...

serves ranch water. Various companies, especially Texas-based ones market canned ranch waters, often labeled hard seltzers. Topo Chico's hard seltzer line...

vaporize. Most hard candy is nearly 100% sugar by weight, with a tiny amount of other ingredients for color or flavor, and negligible water content in the...

expelling the therein trapped calcium and magnesium ions that characterize hard water. Dishwater salt granules are larger than those of table salt. The granule...