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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment to test water hardness. Students are given three water samples - hard water, tap water, and distilled water - and use a soap test to determine which is hardest and softest. Hard water contains dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium that interfere with soap's ability to lather. The hardest water sample will require the most drops of soap to produce a lather, identifying it as hard water, while the softest sample needing the fewest drops must be distilled water.

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    Hard Water, Soft Water

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment to test water hardness. Students are given three water samples - hard water, tap water, and distilled water - and use a soap test to determine which is hardest and softest. Hard water contains dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium that interfere with soap's ability to lather. The hardest water sample will require the most drops of soap to produce a lather, identifying it as hard water, while the softest sample needing the fewest drops must be distilled water.

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment to test water hardness. Students are given three water samples - hard water, tap water, and distilled water - and use a soap test to determine which is hardest and softest. Hard water contains dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium that interfere with soap's ability to lather. The hardest water sample will require the most drops of soap to produce a lather, identifying it as hard water, while the softest sample needing the fewest drops must be distilled water.

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    Hard Water, Soft Water

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    Mark Abion Valladolid
    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment to test water hardness. Students are given three water samples - hard water, tap water, and distilled water - and use a soap test to determine which is hardest and softest. Hard water contains dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium that interfere with soap's ability to lather. The hardest water sample will require the most drops of soap to produce a lather, identifying it as hard water, while the softest sample needing the fewest drops must be distilled water.

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    The passage discusses water hardness, how it affects soap lathering, and some common effects of hard water in homes like increased soap and detergent use and mineral buildup in appliances.

    The passage states that minerals in hard water interact with soap and interfere with its ability to lather. Hard water requires more soap to produce lather compared to soft water.

    The passage mentions that homes with hard water use more soap and have more soap residue. It also discusses how calcium and iron deposits can build up in appliances like washing machines, dishwashers and steam irons over time, shortening their lifespan and contributing to landfill waste.

    Hard Water, Soft Water

    Pollution LAB #7 Testing for Hard Water Science 6

    Hard Water
    What do you think the term hard water
    means?

    Hard Water
    Hardness refers to the
    presence of calcium and magnesium ions in water (and sometimes iron). Ions come from dissolved rock the water has passed through. Affects properties of tap water

    Hard Water
    Minerals in hard water

    interact with soap. Interferes with soaps ability to lather.

    Effects of Hard Water


    Homes with hard

    water use more soap! More soap residue.

    Effects of Hard Water


    Calcium and iron
    deposits can build up in appliances and on faucets:
    Washing machine Dish washer Steam iron

    Shortens their life


    span and adds to landfill problem!

    Soft Water
    Water with very low concentrations of minerals. Soap lathers easily and is sometimes difficult to
    rinse off.

    Distilled Water
    Water that has been purified through
    evaporation and condensation so remove minerals such as calcium. Is distilled water soft water?

    LAB #7: Testing for Hard Water


    Three samples of water
    Hard water Tap water (?) Distilled water

    Your job is to find out which sample is


    which!

    Lab #7
    1 beaker 3 test tubes Marker Eyedropper Label test tubes with marker and tape: A B C

    LAB #7
    Place 10ml of water in each corresponding
    test tube Observe your 3 samples Can you tell by observing and touching which one is hardest?

    LAB #7
    Water hardness affects a soaps ability to
    lather: the harder the water the fewer soap suds will form. How can this fact help you determine which sample is the hardest?

    You can test relative hardness of the

    water samples by adding drops of liquid detergent to each test tube, shaking, and observing which forms a lather with the fewest drops of detergent.

    Directions
    Add drops, one at a time, and shake until
    a PERMANENT lather fills the test tube from the top of the sample.

    Keep a running tally, one mark per drop,


    of the detergent needed to make the lather.

    Conclusion
    Which of the 3 samples is the hardest?
    How do you know?

    Which sample is the softest?


    How do you know?

    Conclusion
    Why is distilled water the softest?
    Which water sample is most likely to
    contribute to water pollution? Explain

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