pH of hard water
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pH of hard water
Is hard water acidic or alkaline? I think Lavelle said that hard water is acidic, but a UA and a few other online resources state that it is generally alkaline. It seems like it would make more sense if hard water is alkaline because it contains CO32- ions which would deprotonate H2O, but I'm not sure.
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Re: pH of hard water
I think hard water is alkaline, because it contains a bunch of minerals with cations.
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Re: pH of hard water
I think hard water is usually alkaline-- do you remember where did Dr. Lavelle mentioned it was acidic? I forgot.
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Re: pH of hard water
From what I have learned in other classes about water quality, hard water is more alkaline and has to do with the presence of multivalent metallic cations. Soft water is more acidic.
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Re: pH of hard water
Thanks for all the responses! I checked with a TA who confirmed that hard water is alkaline.
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