calcium hardness
1Calcium chloride — Calcium chloride …
2Calcium carbonate — Calcium carbonate …
3Hardness — Hard ness, n. [AS. heardness.] 1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster] The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Min.) The cohesion of the …
4hardness — water with a high mineral content, the name deriving from the fact that it is hard to develop a lather for cleaning. The concentration of calcium and magnesium ions in water is expressed as p.p.m. or mg/l of calcium carbonate equivalents. Soft… …
5calcium — /kal see euhm/, n. Chem., Biol. a silver white divalent metal, occurring combined in limestone, chalk, gypsum, etc., occurring also in vertebrates and other animals, as a component of bone, skeletal mass, shell, etc., and as a necessary element… …
6Calcium hexaboride — Chembox new ImageFile = ImageSize = IUPACName = Calcium hexaboride OtherNames = Calcium boride Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 12007 99 7 PubChem = SMILES = Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = CaB6 MolarMass = 104.94 g/mol Appearance …
7hardness — /hahrd nis/, n. 1. the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice. 2. a relative degree or extent of this quality: wood of a desirable hardness. 3. that quality in water that is imparted by the presence of dissolved salts, esp. calcium… …
8hardness — 1. The degree of firmness of a solid, as determined by its resistance to deformation, scratching, or abrasion. SEE ALSO: h. scale, number. 2. The relative penetrating power of a beam of x rays, used both within the diagnostic range of …
9hardness — noun 1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale • Ant: ↑softness • Derivationally related forms: ↑hard • Hypernyms: ↑consistency, ↑consistence, ↑eubstance, ↑ …
10hardness — 1. Property of water that prevents lathering because of the presence of cations, mainly calcium and magnesium, which form insoluble soaps [10]. 2. The sum of calcium and magnesium ions expressed as the equivalent amount of calcium carbonate …
