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Hardness of Water and Treatment

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If water contains dissolved calcium hydrogen carbonate, out of soaps and synthetic detergents which one will you use for cleaning clothes ?

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Calcium hydrogen carbonate reacts with soap to form insoluble compound. It reduces the cleaning capacity of the soap.

$3 R C O O N a S o a p + C a (H C O_{3})_{2} ⟶ (R C O O)_{2} (p p t) C a ↓ + 2 N a H C O_{3}$

Synthetic detergents do not form such compounds so they can be used for cleaning clothes with water containing dissolved $C a (H C O_{3})_{2}$ .

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