Name Salt which makes water hard??

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The water which contains salts of calcium and magnesium, and does not form froth using soap is called hard water.
Salts of calcium and magnesium are sulphate, chlorides, bicarbonates, etc. like,
$C a S O_{4} - C a l c i u m s u l p h a t e$
$C a C l_{2} - - C a l c i u m c h l o r i d e$
$C a {(H C O_{3})}_{2} - - C a l c i u m b i c a r b o n a t e$
$M g S O_{4} - M a g n e s i u m s u l p h a t e$
$M g C l_{2} - M a g n e s i u m c h l o r i d e$
$M g {(H C O_{3})}_{2} - M g n e s i u m b i c a r b o n a t e$

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