What are the causes of the permanent hardness of water?

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Permanent hardness is the hardness that cannot be removed by boiling.
Permanent hardness of water is caused by the presence of soluble salts like calcium and magnesium in the form of chlorides and sulphides in water.
These minerals do not precipitate out as the temperature increases.

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