Lime Scale

hard water scale containing a high percentage of calcium carbonate.

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Outside Metro Atlanta

Definitioner

Hard Water: water with a total hardness of one grain per gallon or more, as calcium carbonate equivalent.
Carbonate: the Co3- ion.
Calcium: one of the principal elements making up the earths crust, the compounds of which make the water hard. The presence of calcium in water is a factor contributing to the formation of scale and insoluble soap curds which are a means of clearly identifying hard water.